New 'Rust-Tracker' to monitor deadly wheat fungus in 27 nations
Friday, August 31, 2012 - 08:03
in Biology & Nature
The world's top wheat experts have reported a breakthrough in their ability to track Ug99 and related strains of a deadly and rapidly mutating wheat pathogen called stem rust that threatens wheat fields from East Africa to South Asia. The creators of the "Rust-Tracker" say they now can monitor an unprecedented 42 million hectares of wheat in 27 developing countries.