posted on June 16, 2014
The research of several MSI Principal Investigators appeared recently in the journal The Scientist. The article discussed the pathogen Ug99, a highly virulent strain of stem rust, a fungus that destroys wheat (Kerry Grens, "Putting Up Resistance," The Scientist, online edition, June 1, 2014, downloaded June 1, 2014).
The PIs interviewed in the article include Professor Brian Steffenson (Plant Pathology); Adjunct Assistant Professor Matthew Rouse (Plant Pathology; USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory); and Professor James Anderson (Agronomy and Plant Genetics). MSI featured research by Professor Rouse and his colleague Research Molecular Geneticist Nirmala Jayaveeramuthu in the Research Spotlight series in February 2014.