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October 11, 2021

Ravi Singh earns Lifetime Achievement Award from Borlaug Global Rust Initiative

World-renowned plant breeder Ravi Singh, whose elite wheat varieties reduced the risk of a global…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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May 4, 2021

New Wheat Rust Genomics website launched

A wheat rust genomics website has been launched as a hub of genomic data and…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Ravi Singh earns Lifetime Achievement Award from Borlaug Global Rust Initiative

Canadian research team wins Borlaug Gene Stewardship Award

Global action: innovative wheat research projects respond to food security crisis

DNA fingerprinting maps wheat variety adoption across Nepal and Bangladesh

Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announces 2021 Virtual Technical Workshop

Combining resistance genes to improve wheat yields

New Wheat Rust Genomics website launched

BGRI announces 2021 Women in Triticum award winners

Stacking plant disease resistance genes for improved resistance

Rust Expression Browser: A new genomic tool for wheat rust research

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