How a crop-destroying fungus mutated to infect wheat
Genetic analysis traces how pathogen evolved to evade defenses
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BLASTED FUNGUS Wheat blast fungus (shown here increasingly close up) is a threat to wheat crops worldwide. Researchers have pieced together how the fungus came to to infect wheat.
Paul Bachi