Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina Eriks. (Pt) is a destructive foliar disease that threatens world wheat production. Breeding and deployment of resistant cultivars are the most profitable and ...

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.

Backed by the Gates Foundation, the Wheat Disease Early Warning Advisory System is on the front lines, looking for early signals of crop-killing rust infections. When Dave Hodson walked through wheat ...

Common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), offering a staple food grain for 35% of the global population and supplying 20% of the caloric intake worldwide, stands as a pivotal agricultural crop in ensuring ...

Researchers have cloned the wheat rust resistance genes Lr9 and Sr43 and identified that they encode unusual kinase fusion proteins. The research, published in Nature Genetics, will enable new options ...

Growers should monitor susceptible wheat varieties and prepare management plans if infections increase across Wisconsin.

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 ...

Table 1 Phenotypic ratios, chi squared analysis and Sr gene postulation for response to six Puccinia graminis races tested on the RL6071/Tr129 DH population. Table 2 Phenotypic ratios, chi squared ...

The UK’s wheat is under threat from a newly identified strain of the yellow rust pathogen, prompting an urgent mobilisation of research institutes to protect harvests. The new strain, identified in ...

Rainy, wet conditions will favor many fungal diseases in wheat. Already our southern neighbors have started reporting multiple diseases in wheat. These include – strip rust and Septoria leaf spot. A ...

Tosh Mazzone, Franklin County Agronomy Educator, Penn State Extension, and Ashley Isaacson, Perry County Agronomy Educator, Penn State Extension In the second week of June, agronomists, grain brokers, ...