The aim of this study was to investigate the early events following the infection of wheat with leaf rust. An attempt was made to identify and characterize genes putatively involved in these early events. More specifically, ...

Physical damage and disease are known to cause changes in the lipid composition of plants. The biochemical pathways that lead to changes in the lipid composition were investigated in a comparative study using Russian wheat ...

English: Wheat is one of the most important food crops and consumption in the past year was higher than production worldwide, which indicates improved wheat cultivars need to be developed to maintain the demand for wheat. ...

English: The aim of this study was to study various aspects of the defence response of wheat infected by Puccinia triticina. SSH was used to isolate differentially expressed cDNA fragments from P. triticina infected wheat. ...

English: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of variations in climatic factors such as vernalization periods, minimum- and maximum temperatures and rainfall on the expression of host plant resistance ...

English: The interaction between wheat (Triticum aestivum) and the Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia) was investigated on a molecular level. The resistant cultivar, Tugela DN1, was infested with the Russian wheat ...

English: 1. The aim of this study was to determine if the leaf rust resistance genes Lr2g, Lr34, Lr35 and Lr37 have an effect on the quality and yield characteristics of a cultivar it is incorporated into. 2. Near-isogenic ...

English: Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the most important cereal crops worldwide and cultivated in a wide range of environments. The production of wheat, based on consumption and other demands, needs to be increased ...

English: The agricultural use of bio-stimulants to increase crop yield is increasing as a result of the ever growing human population. Since bio-stimulants do not have the negative environmental effects usually associated ...

English: Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis West. f. sp. tritici is one of the most damaging diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) globally. The South African wheat cultivar Kariega expresses APR and has ...