The best defence against wheat rust fungi is to grow varieties resistant to infection and now scientists have developed MARPLE, a hand-held DNA sequencing device, that can define the precise strain of the wheat rust fungus in a farmer’s field within just 48 hours of collecting samples.
Plant breeding has changed the size, shape, yield, quality and agronomy of wheat varieties and this will be illustrated by the NIAB heritage plots
John Innes scientist achieves international recognition for cutting-edge research helping to make modern wheat more resistant to pathogens.
Speed breeding of wheat, the secrets of rice immune systems and the worrying rise of stem rust are among the recent research findings recorded in
Speed breeding techniques would allow six crops of wheat in a year, intensifying food production. A speed-breeding platform developed by teams at the John Innes
The wheat genome contains 17 billion bases – that’s five times the size of the human genome which has made it more difficult to sequence.
Wheat has a very large and complex genome, five times larger than that of human. It is made by the hybridisation of three closely related