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Plenty of winter wheat varieties were added to the AHDB Recommended List at the end of last year, but their yellow rust resistance ratings may have suffered already, following an unexpected outbreak ...

Yellow rust is a fungal disease and a significant threat to the worldwide wheat production. Yellow stripes on the wheat leaves are typical of an infestation. Wheat production is threatened by a major ...

Yellow rust, also known as stripe rust, is caused by a fungal pathogen named Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. The plant disease affects around 88% of global bread wheat production and is one of ...

To counter the threat of wheat yellow rust, breeders have developed wheat variants that incorporate resistance genes (R-genes). Yr15 is an R-gene taken from wild emmer (Triticum dicoccoides) that ...

Wheat’s ability to defend itself against yellow rust will be the main topic at this year’s UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) stakeholder event. At the event, papers will show how advances ...

Approximately 88 percent of wheat production is susceptible to yellow rust. Researchers have new results regarding the fungus, which evolves quickly to produce new, virulent strains. Researchers from ...

As the Oklahoma wheat crop matures and starts to head out, disease, insect and drought pressure are becoming evident. Meriem Aoun, Oklahoma State University small grains pathologist, said that in ...

Diane Saunders receives funding from the BBSRC. One of the major diseases of wheat is caused by the yellow rust fungus, Puccinia striiformis, which threatens all major wheat-producing areas of the ...