Wheat is vulnerable. Among the most damaging diseases that affect wheat crops across the world are rusts. These parasites cannot grow without infecting a host plant, and are responsible for some of ...
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO), wheat is used to provide food to 35 percent of the world’s population. Wheat is therefore of social and economic importance.
COLLEGE STATION -- A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service plant pathologist recently met with corn growers at a field day near College Station discussing southern rust, a foliar disease that can be ...