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Controlling Rust is a Must! Detection of a Major Gene for Rust Resistance to Fusiform Rust Disease

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Research on Fusiform Rust Disease has progressed over the years. There is no treatment for infected trees, but a huge step is being taken to find out what makes a tree resistant to the disease. Scientists have not found a cure for the disease, but are working on finding the secret to resistance. 

• Dr. Kuhlman

• Life Science
• People and Science
• Technology and Science

• Growing and Using Trees and Other Plants (Students)
• Protecting Trees and Other Plants (Students)
• The Value of Forests and Grasslands (Educators)
• Vegetation Protection (Fire, Insects, Endangered Species) (Educators)

• Southern

"Thinking About the Environment Themes" covered in this article:

Specific 'Thinking About the Environment'Themes:
  »  Adaptation

Specific "Thinking About Science" Themes:

• Scientific Topics

Specific "Thinking About the Environment" Themes:

• Adaptation

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (A)
• Diversity and adaptations of organisms (C)
• Nature of science (G)
• Regulation and behavior (C)
• Reproduction and heredity (C)
• Risks and benefits (F)
• Science and technology in society (F)
• Science as a human endeavor (G)
• Structure and function in living systems (C)
• Understandings about science and technology (E)
• Understandings about scientific inquiry (A)

• Habits of Mind: Critical-Response Skills
• Historic Perspectives: Explaining the Diversity of Life
• The Living Environment: Cells
• The Living Environment: Diversity of Life
• The Living Environment: Heredity
• The Living Environment: Interdependence of Life
• The Nature of Science: Scientific Inquiry
• The Nature of Science: The Scientific Enterprise
• The Nature of Technology: Issues in Technology
• The Nature of Technology: Technology and Science