A gene recently discovered by a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and Purdue University scientists could help fortify the defenses of sorghum to anthracnose, a disease of the cereal grain crop that can inflict yield losses of as much as 50 percent.
Strengthen sorghum against fungus
Sorghum is a cereal grain crop often afflicted by anthracnose.
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