Biofortification is an innovative agricultural strategy aimed at enhancing the nutritional quality of crops, particularly cereal grains, to combat micronutrient deficiencies in human diets.
Fusarium head blight is a major disease affecting cereal crops, including wheat, barley, rye, oats and maize. It is normally caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum, which infects the spikes and ...
RNA used to combat Fusarium head blight did not disturb the microbial communities living on the surface of cereal crops, and was thus very specific. This means that the method can be tested in ...