OSU scientists make wheat gene discovery

By Alisa Boswell-Gore  STILLWATER, Okla. – A gene discovery in a wheat variety developed at Oklahoma State University could mean larger yields for Oklahoma wheat producers, researchers said.  After more than a decade of research, Liuling Yan, the Dillon and Lois Hodges professor of wheat molecular genetics and breeding in OSU’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, has discovered and cloned the TaOGT1 gene in the popular Billings wheat variety.  The full study on this topic is available…

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NIFA grant research targets noxious rescuegrass weed

By Gail Ellis   STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University agriculture scientists have received a grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study treatment methods for the infestation of rescuegrass, a weed that can reduce yields by up to 70%.  The two-year grant of $275,496, will support research at three experimental stations and grower sites near Tipton, Marshall and Lahoma, as well as a research plot in partnership with Texas A&M University in Vernon, Texas.  Rescuegrass is a…

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