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Will Stem Rust Destroy the World's Wheat Crop

2008-01-01

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Race Ug99, or TTKSK, of fungus Puccinia graminis tritici, causing stem or black rust disease on wheat (Triticum aestivum), first identified in Uganda in 1998 has been recognized as a major threat to wheat production. Its spread in 2006 to Yemen and Sudan and further spread towards North Africa, Middle East and West-South Asia is predicted -aided by predominant wind currents and large areas of wheat varieties that...

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68b3330f-1795-59fd-86aa-bc5e88a3c182
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10.1016/s0065-2113(08)00205-8
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