Gene Discovery May Halt Worldwide Wheat Epidemic

Amy M Quinton — November 16, 2017 - 7:00am

University of California, Davis, researchers have identified a gene that enables resistance to a new devastating strain of stem rust, a fungal disease that is hampering wheat production throughout Africa and Asia and threatening food security worldwide.

Pianist, Wheat Geneticist Recipients of 2017 Innovator of the Year Awards

Andy Fell — June 08, 2017 - 11:41am

Lara Downes, artist in residence at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, and Jorge Dubcovsky, distinguished professor of plant sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute researcher, were named the 2017 Innovators of the Year by University of California, Davis, Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter at a ceremony on campus tonight.

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Gene Discovery May Halt Worldwide Wheat Epidemic

Pianist, Wheat Geneticist Recipients of 2017 Innovator of the Year Awards