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Wheat that’s good for guts
22 February, 20193 October, 2019

A new kind of wheat high in resistant starch can improve intestinal health Bowel cancer is the world’s third most common cancer. A diet that includes more resistant starch, a kind of fibre that feeds good bacteria in the large intestine, can make it less common. Resistant starch helps improve gut health and reduces the…

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Saving the world’s wheat from rusting
29 July, 2011

Australia’s wheat crop looks to have been saved from a devastating infestation of rust—for now. In 1999 a new strain of stem rust, a devastating fungal disease of wheat, emerged in Uganda. It has now spread to north to Yemen and Iran, and south to South Africa. Rust transport from South Africa to Australia by…

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