Exeter researchers lead international initiative to face devastating crop disease
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 09:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Wheat is the most widely-grown crop in the world and is worth around £1.8 billion to the UK economy. The cost of losses from Septoria tritici blotch (STB), a disease caused by the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici, to the UK economy can vary from £89 million to £180 million depending on the severity of the infection.