Irrigation can create new green bridges that promote rapid intercontinental spread of the wheat stem rust pathogen

Irrigation can create new green bridges that promote rapid intercontinental spread of the wheat stem rust pathogen

Wheat stem rust epidemics caused by the obligate pathogenic fungus Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici have historically driven severe yield losses on all wheat growing continents and, after many decades of control, stem rust is re-emerging as a disease of concern. In 1998, a highly virulent race able t...

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Main Authors: Catherine D Bradshaw, William Thurston, David Hodson, Tamás Mona, Jacob W Smith, Sarah C Millington, Gerald Blasch, Yoseph Alemayehu, Kitessa Gutu, Matthew C Hort, Christopher A Gilligan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
irrigation
wheat
stem rust
Ethiopia
East Africa
Middle East
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac9ac7

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac9ac7

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