Hessian fly genomics research will benefit wheat farmers, others
. . . .WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. The Hessian fly, the world's No. 1 pest of wheat, has a curious genetic link to its favorite meal. Within a few years, after farmers identify resistant wheat varieties, the fly mutates and finds a way around the plants defenses.. .But the fly's genetic tricks may be its undoing because Purdue University entomologist Jeff Stuart plans to use that genetic information a....The following scientists were selected from a total of 38 applications:. . . .Dr. Martin Wallraff (33), University of Bonn, Protestant Theology Department, Church History. .The 'chronography' of Sextus Julius Africanus, a Christian author of the early third century, is an important testimony of the beginnings of Christian historical thinking. It is one of the few significant works dating back t...