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 ...

Author’s note: This is the second article in a four-part series on stripe rust and describes its biology and life cycle. Other parts in the series describe history and geographic distribution; reasons ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PLATTEVILLE – Niles Miller has been around for more than 89 years and thought he had seen everything – until he went out late last week to check on his wheat fields southeast of here. What he found ...

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 ...

WHEAT is the major staple food of the people of the country. A large quantity of wheat is grown in the Indus River Valley here. But every year there is shortage of yield because of various factors.

Recent and abundant rains in some areas have producers concerned about leaf rust that is appearing in High Plains wheat fields. But a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist said treatment is ...