Discovery reveals key #molecular event that boosts #wheat's defense against devastating #disease.
#immune_response #stem_rust #fungus #tandem_kinase #NLR #crop #food_security
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-discovery-reveals-key-molecular-event.html

Discovery reveals key molecular event that boosts wheat's defense against devastating disease
A new study published in Science by a team of scientists across five continents led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Associate Professor Brande Wulff reports a previously unknown molecular event that initiates the immune response to a major wheat disease. The findings provide strategies to engineer wheat that has stronger immunity against infection.