A major advancement in controlling Fusarium head blight (FHB) in the world’s wheat crop has recently been announced in the journal Science. The project was a collaborative effort at the Shandong Agricultural University in Shandong, China, and three USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists: Guihua Bai and Lanfei Zhao in Manhattan, Kan., and Steven Xu in Fargo, N.D.
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