The emergence of new races of brown rust has seen a renewed focus on how to control a disease which can both slash wheat yields and affect grain quality. Brown rust, which is more common in coastal ...

Cereal rust diseases can cut key protein levels in breadmaking wheats, and so growers need a strong rust active in their flag leaf sprays or they may miss out on valuable milling premiums. With plenty ...

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A new wheat leaf rust pathotype has been found in Western Australia for the first time. Loading... The airborne disease was discovered in South Australia last year and has since been detected in ...

RUSTS are fungal diseases of plants called Puccinia (family Puccinaceae). These are most destructive diseases worldwide and have the ability to destroy the entire wheat crop. They have the ability to ...

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SWABI: Leaf rust disease has attacked the wheat crop in most of the farming regions of Swabi, especially low-lying areas, due to an unexpectedly long rain spell and cold weather, farmers said here on ...

There are fears of poor harvest in the North Rift due to high humidity and high cost of chemicals to control stem and leaf rust diseases. Wheat farmers may realise low production unless they invest ...