Disease-resistant cereals to strengthen food security

Cereals such as maize, wheat and rice account for almost half of all food calories consumed worldwide, but millions of tonnes of these essential crops are lost to disease each year before they reach our plates. An EU-funded project is waging war on cereal diseases to increase yields, strengthen food security and support a growing world population.

Source: EUROPA - Research Information Centre - September 14, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news