Assuming such challenges can be met, Schulz said the dwarf corn mutant could become a transformational plant for farmers and seed companies. "They all know that they need something like this," he ...

More information: Norman B. Best et al. Phytohormone inhibitor treatments phenocopy brassinosteroid-gibberellin dwarf mutant interactions in maize, Plant Direct (2017). DOI: 10.1002/pld3.9.

1. Identify two or more ways in which plant viruses can be introduced to new locations. 2. Describe commonly-employed approaches to limit plant virus introduction and/or minimize losses caused by ...

Rough dwarf maize disease was identified early this year in Masindi district and Namulonge in western and central Uganda, according to Godfrey Asea, head plant breeder for the cereals research ...