U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists have identified a number of stem rust-resistant wheat varieties and are retesting them to verify their resistance. Stem rust occurs worldwide wherever wheat ...

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 13, 2011 (ENS) – New and virulent forms of a fungus called stem rust that attacks wheat are spreading quickly across the world, borne by wind beyond the handful of countries ...

Pests and diseases result in the loss of one-fifth of the global wheat harvest each year, which is enough to make around 290 billion loaves of bread. Resolving the persistent problem of the fungal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists are close to producing new wheat varieties resistant to a deadly wind-borne disease that threatens to destroy crops around the world, fuel food price hikes and potentially lead to worsening ...

WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - A devastating wheat fungus is active in 11 countries in Africa and the Middle East, according to scientists striving to develop resistant varieties before the fungus can ...

"If the crop variety is susceptible to rust fungi and moisture is there and the temperature is right, it's like lighting a fire. It just destroys crops," said Norman Borlaug, father of the Green ...

The United Kingdom's Department of International Development (DFID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Sunday announced they will invest $40 million in a global project led by Cornell University ...

Ugly Wheat Rust Variants Blow Around the World ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 13, 2011 (ENS) – New and virulent forms of a fungus called stem rust that attacks wheat are spreading quickly across the world, ...