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wheat scab


Digging Deep into ARS Assets for Better Cookies and Cakes

April 10, 2018 Dennis O’Brien, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

With a name like Fhb1, this particular gene is unlikely to ever become a household name. But it has the potential to combat a fungal disease that has been plaguing wheat farmers for years. Wheat scab can cripple a farmer’s yield and cost millions of dollars in crop losses.

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