Kansas wheat breaks dormancy and fields begin to green up, a Kansas State University plant disease expert is urging growers ...

WHEAT is the major staple food of the people of the country. A large quantity of wheat is grown in the Indus River Valley here. But every year there is shortage of yield because of various factors.

AMMAN — The Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday warned that the recent rainfall might increase chances of wheat crops being infected with wheat leaf rust, a fungal disease that affects wheat primarily ...

RUSTS are fungal diseases of plants called Puccinia (family Puccinaceae). These are most destructive diseases worldwide and have the ability to destroy the entire wheat crop. They have the ability to ...

A new wheat leaf rust pathotype has been found in Western Australia for the first time. Loading... The airborne disease was discovered in South Australia last year and has since been detected in ...

Genes have been identified that confer resistance to multiple leaf rust species in barley. The findings by an international team, led by KAUST researchers, could transform the breeding of durable ...

Stripe rust, a crop disease seldom found in Minnesota and North Dakota, has popped in wheat fields in northwestern Minnesota and elsewhere. But warm weather in late June and early July should prevent ...

Wheat rust, a fungus that affects different parts of wheat, threatens to destroy over 20% of wheat yield every year, mainly in Africa and Asia. Efforts to control the fungus often come down to an ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...