BGRI Blog October 8, 2021 Canadian research team wins Borlaug Gene Stewardship Award The rust-resistant wheat cultivar development team at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) earned the Borlaug… Matt Hayes Love1
BGRI Blog September 2, 2021 Global action: innovative wheat research projects respond to food security crisis When Norman Borlaug said, “Rust never sleeps,” he was warning of the emergence of a… Matt Hayes Love1
BGRI Blog September 1, 2021 DNA fingerprinting maps wheat variety adoption across Nepal and Bangladesh Wheat is one of the most widely grown crops globally, yet for many farmers the… Matt Hayes Love1
BGRI Blog August 16, 2021 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announces 2021 Virtual Technical Workshop When a devastating plant pathogen threatened worldwide wheat production in the early 2000s, it took… Matt Hayes Love1
BGRI Blog June 30, 2021 Combining resistance genes to improve wheat yields By: Dr. Jianping Zhang, Dr. Ian Dundas, Dr. Robert McIntosh, Prof. Evans Lagudah, Dr. Peng… Matt Hayes Love1
BGRI Blog May 4, 2021 New Wheat Rust Genomics website launched A wheat rust genomics website has been launched as a hub of genomic data and… Matt Hayes Love0
BGRI Blog April 27, 2021 BGRI announces 2021 Women in Triticum award winners The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) is thrilled to announce the 2021 Jeanie Borlaug Laube… Matt Hayes Love0
BGRI Blog March 30, 2021 Stacking plant disease resistance genes for improved resistance Plant diseases remain a constant scourge to all agricultural crop production. Despite intensive efforts and… Matt Hayes Love0
BGRI Blog March 11, 2021 Rust Expression Browser: A new genomic tool for wheat rust research The Rust Expression Browser – developed by John Innes Centre researchers – is the first… Matt Hayes Love0
BGRI Blog March 10, 2021 Richard Michelmore honored by UC-Davis for COVID testing innovations (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)The Academic Senate Committee on Public Service has recognized Richard Michelmore, member of… Matt Hayes Love0