Wheat

China gears up to battle plant diseases

seher — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:52:03 -0500

China is enhancing its efforts to battle plant diseases spreading in the country's wheat and rape plantations.

US judge throws out AWB corruption case

seher — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:43:57 -0500

A US federal judge has thrown out a class action brought against the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) by US wheat growers.

Building disease-beating wheat

harminka — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:02:29 -0600

Disease resistance genes from three different grass species have been combined in the world’s first ‘trigenomic’ chromosome, which can now be used to breed disease resistant wheat varieties.

New process may enable motorists to fill ‘er up — with wheat

harminka — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:40:01 -0500

In a finding that could help put wheat alongside corn on the menu of biofuel sources, researchers in the United Kingdom and Greece report development of a new method for producing ethanol from wheat.

China to maintain minimum purchase price for wheat

Dinka — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:03:32 -0500

China will maintain a minimum purchase price for wheat, safeguarding 25-30 percent profit margins for farmers, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country's top economic planner.

Genes involved in the battle between Hessian flies and wheat

harminka — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:38:02 -0600