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Exploring the resilience of wheat crops grown in short rotations through minimising the build-up of an important soil-borne fungal pathogen.
Scientific reports - 22 Jun 2018
McMillan V E, Canning G, Moughan J, White R P, Gutteridge R J, Hammond-Kosack K E
Abstract excerpt
Given the increasing demand for wheat which is forecast, cropping of wheat in short rotations will likely remain a common practice. However, in temperate wheat growing regions the soil-borne fungal pathogen Gaeumannomyces tritici becomes a major constraint on productivity. In cultivar rotation field experiments on the Rothamsted Farm (Hertfordshire, UK) we demonstrated a substantial reduction in take-all disease...
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