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2018 Preliminary stem rust race analysis report available f... Center (RCRRC) Cereal Rust Biosafety Laboratory Izmir, Turkey
The Turkey-ICARDA Cereal Rust Biosafety Laboratory (CRBL) become operational after the official inauguration of Regional Cereal Rust Research center (RCRRC) on May 30, 2018. Following the inaugur...
GRRC annual report on wheat yellow rust 2017 released
Unusual and severe epidemics of yellow rust were observed on several continents in 2017. In a number of cases, epidemic sites at different continents were inter-related by prevalence of genetical...
New Ug99 video documentary released “Out of Uganda: An Aggressive Crop Killer That Threatens Global Food”
Out of Uganda: An Aggressive Crop Killer That Threatens Global Food Fungal disease in wheat crops has been a serious but controllable problem, but a newer strain of what’s called “stem rust�...
New, ground-breaking stem rust research highlighted in the journal Science
New, ground-breaking stem rust research is highlighted in the prestigious journal Science published on Dec 22 2017. A perspective entitled “The Quest for Durable Resistance” by Matthew J. Mos...
Stem rust attacks in Sweden heralds the return of a previously vanquished foe
Scientists at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) are reporting that stem rust has returned to Sweden. In a recently released press release, lead researcher Anna Berlin from the...
Detection of stem rust race RRTTF in Ecuador. A potentially important new race for the Americas
A team of scientists from Ecuador, Canada and the USA recently published on the detection of race RRTTF based on samples collected in Ecuador in February 2016. The study led by Dr Charlie Barnes ...
Assessing the Stem Rust Situation in Western Siberia – Aug 2017
By: Dave Hodson, Mogens Hovmøller, Alexey Morgunov, Elena Salina and Vladimir Shamanin 3 September 2017 During the period 14-18th Aug 2017 a field trip was made to the Omsk, Novosibirsk and Alta...
CAUTION: February 2, 2017: Risk of wheat stem rust in Medit...hcoming 2017 crop season following outbreaks on Sicily in 2016
Results of extensive lab tests of samples of stem rust have shown that the 2016 stem rust epidemics in Sicily were caused by a new, highly virulent variant of race TTTTF. The samples were collect...
November 4, 2016: Surveys in Kenya Showed High Prevalence of Stem Rust
In 2016 surveys were carried out in all the four key wheat growing regions: South Rift (June, July), Mount Kenya region (July), and North Rift (September) and Central Rift (part of August and S...
Sept 15th, 2016: Surveys in Azerbaijan and Iraq indicate increasing presence of stem rust
Rust surveys undertaken in Azerbaijan by Konul Aslanova and colleagues from the Azerbaijan Agricultural Research Institute of Crop Husbandry in May/June 2015. Of the 11 widely dispersed sites sur...