USDA-ARS Scientists and Colleagues Find a New Tool to Combat Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat

Dan Industry News Release, Wheat

(USDA/ARS) — Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their colleagues have discovered a gene that can be used to develop varieties of wheat that will be more resistant to Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), a disease that is a major threat both overseas and to the nation’s $10 billion annual wheat crop. A paper reporting the discovery and the cloning of …