As the world’s population continues to grow, so does its appetite for cereal grains, which include such dietary staples as wheat. This growing demand has driven agricultural scientists to develop ...

A new study of wheat rust--a fungal disease that can harm wheat crops--identifies previously unknown long-term trends and hotspots for wheat rust outbreaks in Ethiopia. A team of modelers from the ...

In 2013, farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia began to notice something unsettling: a familiar variety of wheat was failing ...

A research team has identified two novel genetic mechanisms for disease resistance in wheat, offering promising strategies to enhance resilience against powdery mildew and stripe rust. The discoveries ...

The UK's wheat is under threat from a newly identified strain of the yellow rust pathogen, prompting an urgent mobilization of research institutes to protect harvests. The new strain, identified in ...

The world's food supply got a little more plentiful thanks to a scientific breakthrough. Scientists have identified a gene that gives wheat plants resistance to one of the most deadly races of the ...

The large area of wheat varieties carrying the Yr15 resistance gene created the selection pressure that resulted in last year’s major varietal breakdown to yellow rust. Sampling carried out by the UK ...

Wheat farmers in India have heard hushed stories of a deadly stem rust that's been traveling continents and could soon be on its way to India. The stories have been doing the rounds for a couple of ...

Evans Lagudah receives funding from Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat Project managed by Cornell University, Grains Research and Development Corporation, Australia Sambasivam Periyannan does not work ...