An early warning system to predict and mitigate wheat rust diseases in Ethiopia

An early warning system to predict and mitigate wheat rust diseases in Ethiopia

Wheat rust diseases pose one of the greatest threats to global food security, including subsistence farmers in Ethiopia. The fungal spores transmitting wheat rust are dispersed by wind and can remain infectious after dispersal over long distances. The emergence of new strains of wheat rust has exace...

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Main Authors: Clare Allen-Sader, William Thurston, Marcel Meyer, Elias Nure, Netsanet Bacha, Yoseph Alemayehu, Richard O J H Stutt, Daniel Safka, Andrew P Craig, Eshetu Derso, Laura E Burgin, Sarah C Millington, Matthew C Hort, David P Hodson, Christopher A Gilligan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
agricultural science
atmospheric transport
crops
epidemic modelling
food security
weather
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab4034

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab4034

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