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

A newly identified strain of yellow rust is threatening winter wheat crops, prompting a rapid and coordinated research ...

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 ...

More than half of the UK’s wheat crop has been left exposed after a new strain of yellow rust overcame a key resistance gene ...

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 ...

BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Farmer Wynn Parkinson was inspecting his wheat field when he noticed an unusual yellow patch in the center of his field. “My first thought was to get in touch with ...

Our previous research also identified that fungi can protect crop plants such as wheat, barley and oats from rust disease. Similar studies around the world have found fungi can also protect against ...

Scientists have found that strains of the wheat pathogen causing severe yellow rust epidemics in Europe have their origin in the center of diversity in the Himalayan region. It seems that the fungus ...

Half of the UK’s wheat is under threat from a new strain of yellow rust disease - prompting an urgent mobilisation of crop ...