One Gene Between Wheat and Disaster | On The Brink: Season 2 - Episode 9
Jul 10, 2026

Video: One Gene Between Wheat and Disaster | On The Brink: Season 2 - Episode 9

Midge-tolerant wheat gave Canadian growers something rare: a pest problem they no longer have to think about. But that entire defense depends on one resistance gene, SM1. Dr. Tyler Wist explains why that single point of failure worries him, and what's being done to protect it.

Dr. Tyler Wist is a research scientist in field crop entomology with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

 

One Gene Between Wheat and Disaster | On The Brink: Season 2 - Episode 9

One Gene Between Wheat and Disaster | On The Brink: Season 2 - Episode 9

Midge-tolerant wheat gave Canadian growers something rare: a pest problem they no longer have to think about. But that entire defense depends on one resistance gene, SM1. Dr. Tyler Wist explains why that single point of failure worries him, and what's being done to protect it. Dr. Tyler Wist ... More
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