USDA research plant pathologist Xianming Chen says that stripe rust has a low potential to damage spring wheat this year. (Capital Press file photo) Stripe rust season is “generally over” for winter ...

A team of researchers has uncovered the basis of stem rust pathogen Ug99's wide virulence, attacking a direct threat to the world wheat supply. Stem rust is a devastating wheat disease that has caused ...

Famine may be largely a thing of the past but in recent years the re-emergence of a disease that can kill wheat - which provides a fifth of humanity's food - has threatened food security; now a ...

BELHAVEN, N.C. (WNCT)– After a drop in temperatures and a mix of spring weather, crops in eastern North Carolina, specifically wheat, are experiencing some damage. Wheat stripe rust has appeared in ...

Support from Northarvest Bean Growers Association and U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grants has allowed researchers at North Dakota State University to look at ways to manage ...

What is the disease risk if I use cover crops on my farm? This has become a popular question over the past couple of growing seasons. To answer it, we called on Andrew Friskop, assistant professor and ...

Scientists have uncovered the origins of the world’s deadliest strain of cereal rust disease which threatens global food security. Researchers from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, together ...

U.S. cereal crops such as corn, rice, and wheat feed hundreds of millions of Americans and millions more around the world. Ensuring active defense of these and other staple food grasses is a critical ...

URBANA -- Midwestern growers don’t worry much about soybean rust, but the fungal disease has been popping up at the end of the growing season nearly every year since 2006. But because the fungus can’t ...

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (11/07/19) -- Stem rust is a devastating wheat disease that has caused famines and undermined economies around the world for centuries. One particular strain of the stem rust ...