Bolstering barley disease control with genetics

As we move towards lower inputs and the possibility of fewer fungicides being available, a research institute in Scotland is investigating the effects of historic barley resistance genes

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Bolstering barley disease control with genetics

A PhD student, Laura Roehrig, from the educational research institute, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), has recently finished conducting a re-analysis of a project that ended in 2014, investigating the...

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