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 ...

Climate change is expected to increase the spread and severity of rust diseases, further threatening food security. To combat stripe rust, greater investments in research and regional coordination are ...

USDA research plant pathologist Xianming Chen says that stripe rust has a low potential to damage spring wheat this year. (Capital Press file photo) Stripe rust season is “generally over” for winter ...

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 ...

image: Stripe rust is one of the most destructive wheat diseases in the world, especially in the United States. While the disease can be controlled by chemicals, those may be harmful to humans, ...

An international team of researchers, led by a University of California, Davis, plant scientist, has identified a gene that should protect commercially important wheat varieties from stripe rust, a ...

The lack of funding for stripe rust in wheat makes no economic sense, according to a report released at the 9th International Wheat Conference. Australian Professor Phil Pardey, a co-author of the ...

A fungus that can cut wheat yields in half is spreading through Southwestern Ontario, aided by the mild winter. Stripe rust — named for the yellow stripes it leaves behind — has made its way up from ...

BELHAVEN, N.C. (WNCT)– After a drop in temperatures and a mix of spring weather, crops in eastern North Carolina, specifically wheat, are experiencing some damage. Wheat stripe rust has appeared in ...

Journal of Plant Pathology, Vol. 103, No. 1 (February 2021), pp. 197-205 (9 pages) Under appropriate environmental conditions, stem rust (caused by Puccinia graminis Pers.: Pers. f. sp. tritici) is a ...

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 ...

Northern grain growers are being warned a one-in-50-year wheat disease event could be on the cards and the time to act is now. Experts say growers must plan management strategies now to avoid the ...