Scientists gain in struggle against wheat rust

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 13:35 in Biology & Nature

(AP) -- Researchers are deploying new wheat varieties with an array of resistant genes they hope will baffle and defeat Ug99, a highly dangerous fungus leapfrogging through wheat fields in Africa and Asia.

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