Thursday, 30 May 2019

Resistance to Fusarium head blight holding in Illinois, study says

Illinois wheat growers, take heart. A new University of Illinois study shows no evidence of a highly toxic Fusarium head blight (FHB) variant, known as NA2, in the wheat-growing region of the state. The study also reinforces the effectiveness of wheat resistance to the fungal disease.

* This article was originally published here