Pic-a-Wheat Field

説明 Pic-a-Wheat Field

Researchers at Kansas State University have partnered with scientists from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service to study this emerging disease of wheat. Dr. Barbara Valent, Project Director and international authority on Magnaporthe oryzae, is providing the leadership for this important international collaboration. Scientists and wheat industry specialists from Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay are collaborating on the project. This smartphone application is a result from the project team to produce deliverables with immediate impacts on wheat blast understanding and management.