Gene Lr67 identified to resist important wheat diseases

Food problems always draw attention of the whole world. The foremost one is absolutely the grain yield which is often affected by crop diseases. Good news is that researchers have identified a gene that can prevent some of the most important wheat diseases. It is estimated that this finding can save more than a billion dollars in lost production in Australia alon every year. Through the global collaboration among the University of Sydney Plant Breeding Institude (PBI), the CSIRO, CIMMYT (Mexico), University of Newcastle, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, the gene Lr67 has been identified to resist 3 of the most important wheat rust diseases and another siginificant disease in Norway, powdery mildew. It is predicted that wheat will provide a fifth of global caloric intake and set to spike in the next 50 years. This study published in Nature Genetics will benefit much to wheat harvest. There is more work to be done about this Lr67 gene. More research will be conducted to study its working performance. Read more if it attracts you>>>http://www.cusabio.com/Recombinant-Protein/Recombinant-human-Target-of-rapamycin-complex-2-subunit-MAPKAP1-11089635.html