A new germplasm line of durum wheat, dubbed DGE-1, is now available for geneticists and researchers to use in the fight against the fungus Fusarium graminearum, which causes scab disease. Scab, also known as Fusarium head blight, can substantially diminish the grain yield and quality of durum, or macaroni wheat, which is used to make pasta and semolina. Unchecked, the Fusarium fungus infects wheat heads, causing the kernels to shrivel up and turn chalky white. Screening under greenhouse...

revealed confusion that points to serious problems in the regulation of China's exports and its dismal record on food safety. There has been no reaction among the Chinese public to the tainted wheat gluten, and Beijing authorities have not said whether they are investigating the matter. Most of the company's wheat gluten is sold to domestic Chinese buyers, Li said, refusing to say whether the allegedly contaminated batches were sold in China. pet food, raising the possibility that more of...

Kentucky permitted to use fungicide to combat certain disease in wheat. A maximum of one application may be made using ground or aerial equipment at a rate of 4 fluid ounces of formulation per acre per season. The products may be applied as a preventive foliar spray when the earliest disease appears on the stem. Data indicate that Fusarium head blight suppression with these products results in higher wheat yields, Hershman said. Applications may not be made within 30 days of harvest....

The monopoly wheat exporter was disgraced last year after the Cole report found it breached UN sanctions by paying $300 million in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime, in exchange for access to Iraqi wheat markets. The meeting will precede a cabinet decision on whether to retain the single desk system of wheat marketing, held by AWB. Howard to review AWB's future . PerthNow Welcome to PerthNow. Parliament passed legislation in December stripping AWB of its veto power over wheat exports,...

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