The emergence of new races of brown rust has seen a renewed focus on how to control a disease which can both slash wheat yields and affect grain quality. Brown rust, which is more common in coastal ...

UC Davis plant scientists are breeding durum (pasta) and bread wheat varieties resistant to stripe rust fungus. Project scientist Joshua Hegarty in a test field with resistant and control plants.

Cereal rust diseases can cut key protein levels in breadmaking wheats, and so growers need a strong rust active in their flag leaf sprays or they may miss out on valuable milling premiums. With plenty ...

RUSTS are fungal diseases of plants called Puccinia (family Puccinaceae). These are most destructive diseases worldwide and have the ability to destroy the entire wheat crop. They have the ability to ...

A new wheat leaf rust pathotype has been found in Western Australia for the first time. Loading... The airborne disease was discovered in South Australia last year and has since been detected in ...

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OSU researchers discuss wheat breeding, disease resistance and management strategies during the May 15 Lahoma Wheat Field Day ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There are now numerous reports of stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis) in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. With the current cool and rainy weather conditions, the ...

SWABI: Leaf rust disease has attacked the wheat crop in most of the farming regions of Swabi, especially low-lying areas, due to an unexpectedly long rain spell and cold weather, farmers said here on ...