Harvesting wild Genes Gives Crops Renewed Resistance to Disease

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Harvesting wild Genes Gives Crops Renewed Resistance to Disease: In February, 2019, a global alliance of researchers has pioneered a new method to rapidly recruit disease-resistance genes from wild plants for transfer into domestic crops. The technique promises to revolutionize the development of disease-resistant varieties for the global food supply. The technique called AgRenSeq was developed by scientists at the John Innes Centre in Britain working with colleagues in Australia and the USA. The result speeds up the fight against pathogens that threaten global food crops, including wheat, soyabean, maize, rice and potato.

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