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 ...

Researchers from Aarhus University have contributed to creating new knowledge about resistance to yellow rust, which is a serious fungal disease in wheat. The results can have global importance. For ...

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 ...

The discovery of a DNA marker for two key rust resistance genes is enabling plant breeders around the world to breed more effective rust resistant wheat varieties. The genes, Lr34 and Yr18, are ...

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 ...

Two new Oregon State University soft white winter wheat varieties are being touted for their high yield potential and stripe rust resistance. Wheat breeder Bob Zemetra said Bobtail and Rosalyn topped ...

Experts on wheat biotechnology have discovered a gene that will make bread wheat capable of resisting stripe rust, a fungus that causes crop losses in many states. An international team of researchers ...

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A wheat variety, with excellent baking quality that yields soft and sweet chapati at the same time, and free from stripe and brown rust, has been developed by Indian ...

The sequencing of a gene that gives wheat a long-lasting ability to resist destructive fungal diseases could pave the way for hardier wheat strains, say researchers. Australian molecular geneticist Dr ...

Stripe or yellow rust (Yr), caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. (Pst), is one of the most important wheat diseases worldwide. New aggressive Pst races can spread quickly, even between countries ...

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, ...