Gene Guards Grain-producing Grasses So People And Animals Can Eat

Purdue University and USDA-Agricultural Research Service scientists have discovered that a type of gene in grain-producing plants halts infection by a disease-causing fungus that can destroy crops vital for human food supplies. The research team is the first to show that the same biochemical process protects an entire plant family - grasses - from the devastating, fungal pathogen.

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Filed under: Nutrition / Diet on February 7th, 2008