Author documents fight to preserve food production
That's what scientists are doing now in an effort to beat Ug99, a new strain of rust that threatens the world's wheat supply. The rust was first seen in a ...
Wheat rust 'threatens security in Pakistan'
The disease is known as Ug99 and experts say it will not be long before it arrives in the country. David Hodson, of the United Nations (UN) Food and ...
PAKISTAN: Wheat rust threat rising
IRINnews.org - Mar 7, 2010
Known as Ug99, the disease could potentially decimate the country's highly vulnerable wheat crop and cause a huge food security problem. ...
New tool to fight against the rust strain Ug99
Teatro Naturale - Feb 28, 2010
Ug99, Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, is the most virulent race of stem rust fungus yet to emerge. First discovered in Uganda in 1999, the fungus has ...
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What's more, Ug99 could easily make the transoceanic leap to the United States. All it would take is for a single spore, barely bigger than a red blood cell ...
WSU professor elected fellow of American Phytopathological Society
WSU Today - Feb 22, 2010
In recognition of his expertise on wheat diseases, Murray was invited to chair the committee developing the US recovery plan for wheat stem rust race Ug99 ...
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