Regular disease monitoring is currently carried out in the most important Italian wheat growing areas. In 2007–08 stem rust was absent in all locations tested except Montelibretti (Rome, Central Italy ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Yellow Rust had a considerable effect on the yield of the spring wheat Jufy I, that of severely infected plants being reduced by as much as 64 ...

IT IS sometimes called the “polio of agriculture”: a terrifying but almost forgotten disease. Wheat rust is not just back after a 50-year absence, but spreading in new and scary forms. In some ways it ...

The disease affects cereals, especially wheat. It’s caused by a fungus called Puccinia graminis, which infects crops via spores that are very hardy and can travel long distances in the wind. It’s not ...

As the world’s population continues to grow, so does its appetite for cereal grains, which include such dietary staples as wheat. This growing demand has driven agricultural scientists to develop ...

A new and virulent wheat fungus, previously found in East Africa and Yemen, has moved to major wheat growing areas in Iran, reports the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization. The fungus is capable ...

Black stem rust (Ug99) Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici (Ug99) is a serious disease of wheat and barley. While wheat in the United States is resistant to most strains of black stem rust, it is not ...

Wheat farmers have battled plant-killing fungi since the grain was domesticated over 10,000 years ago. One deadly nemesis, wheat black stem rust, or Puccinia graminis, has been capable of spreading ...