A warmer winter than usual means a higher stripe rust prediction than usual. Typically, the predicted stripe rust severity ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes farmers tell Xianming Chen they’ve still sprayed fungicide on their wheat to fight stripe rust, even though they’re raising varieties that aren’t susceptible to the fungus. It helps them ...

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 ...

Researchers have cloned the wheat rust resistance genes Lr9 and Sr43 and identified that they encode unusual kinase fusion proteins [1] [2]. Their research will enable new options for addressing ...

In a study in which they say will help eradicate major wheat diseases, researchers have assembled the genome of bread wheat and identified the gene responsible for stripe rust resistance. Crop ...