Dossier
fungal disease
Coverage of fungal disease in the Nexus archive.
- Chinese team injects desert moss gene into Xinjiang cotton to beat fungus, boost output
Chinese scientists inserted a gene from desert moss into Xinjiang cotton to enhance resistance against a pervasive fungal disease, potentially boosting yields by nearly 25%. The gene, sourced from a steppe moss species in Xinjiang's deserts, was introduced by a team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography.