Blocking pathogens in rice

(Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf) In the coming years, an international research team from Germany, the USA, France, Colombia and the Philippines led by Professor Wolf B. Frommer of Heinrich Heine University D ü sseldorf will explore plants' resistance to a harmful pathogen found in rice. The project will receive US$6 million in funding from the Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation up until 2021.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news