Discovery of wheat gene pair that combats powdery mildew could lead to more resistant varieties A study has identified a wheat nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) gene pair, RXL and Pm5e, that confers resistance to the devastating wheat powdery mildew disease.

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