The authorities are concerned about the safety of the wheat crop because it provides income of about eight billion dollars a year.

The government sent warnings to local farmers, saying that if you do not deal with unusual for Australia by the pest, losses can be up to 70% of the wheat crop and completely destroy the crop of barley.

University Murdoch said in an official press release that might solve this problem will be, because the University has conducted a project in pre-breeding work with plants. The results of the research helped to ensure the resistance of plants of three wheat aphid biotypes.

Resistance to wheat aphid has been shown in the course of research work carried out in Morocco, Turkey and South Africa.

If aphids, found in southern Australia, is similar to that which comprehensively investigated in the course of the work of University research in the hands of the Murdoch University will be the key to the protection of the grain crop in Australia. This is especially important for Western Australia, where wheat accounts for 70% of annual grain production worth $ 3 billion.

The fight against aphids is also carried out with the help of technology "sleep genes" for creating GMO plants that are immune to the invasion of the pest.