Saturday, November 15, 2025

phytophthora

Purdue collaborative soybean disease research could save farmers millions

A collaborative research project between Purdue University and Dow/DuPont researchers has discovered a novel soybean gene that provides widespread resistance to the costly fungal disease Phytophthora root and stem rot. The research team pinpointed a gene called Rps11 that confers strong...

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