A multi-institution team has identified the genetic mechanisms that enable the production of a deadly toxin called Victorin - the causal agent for Victoria blight of oats, a disease that wiped out oat crops in the U.S. in the 1940s.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201123173442.htm
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
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