Stripe rust, a significant wheat disease caused by the fungus Puccinia striiformis fsp tritici, has become
more aggressive in recent years, affecting previously resistant wheat cultivars and causing severe yield
losses To combat this, our project focused on identifying genetic resistance to…
The first objective of this project was to Identify and characterize possible dwarfing (Rht) genes in canary seed Short-statured lines were identified and evaluated over a four year period The lines were sensitive to the plant hormone Gibberellic acid and thus height was not likely controlled by…
