Major breakthroughs, the world's first!From Shaanxi Scientific Research Team

Xunnong discovered the world's first wheat rust -sensory genetic gene

"Treatment" wheat rust to achieve a major breakthrough

On July 14, the top international journal Cell ("Cell") published an online publishing of the Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University of Agriculture and Forestry Science and Technology's plant immune team after 15 years: discovered the "true murderer" of the infection of rust -in infection in wheat - , And by knockout sensor genes, it is not easy to be infected with rust bacteria, thereby opening up new ideas and new ways to breeding diseases.

Wheat is one of the world's extensive grain crops, providing staple foods for more than 2.5 billion people around the world. However, wheat rust of gas -transmitting fungal disease is very easy to spread, which is the number one major biological disaster for wheat. my country has always been one of the areas with severe diseases in wheat rust. After prevention and treatment, it has accumulated a total of 13.8 billion kilograms of wheat output.

The discovery and mechanism research of wheat sensory genes have theoretical breakthroughs and production application value. It is a leap breakthrough in realizing the control of species and controlling the original independent innovation capabilities of the seed industry. Ideas, enrich the genes available for disease resistance and breeding, open up new ways to breeding wheat biological breeding, and provide scientific and technological support for my country's modern biological breeding and disease green prevention and control.

Source: starting point news

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