News tagged with rust strains

Ancient wheat plague threatens world crops anew

Diseases that ravage wheat fields are as old as time itself. The ancient Romans even had a legend to explain the terrible plagues.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

International scientists warn of growing threat of wheat rust epidemics worldwide

Researchers meeting at a scientific conference in Aleppo this week reported that aggressive new strains of wheat rust diseases – called stem rust and stripe rust – have decimated up to 40% of farmers' wheat fields ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mutant fungus threatens global wheat supply: scientists

Scientists have identified four new strains of a wheat-killing fungus that could endanger the global food supply, according to research presented Wednesday ahead of a conference in Russia.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast




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Engineered beans show promise for Africa

Slender green beans air-freighted from Kenya to markets in Western Europe are a profitable crop for high-altitude farms across sub-Saharan Africa. Breeding efforts at Cornell could help their lower altitude ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate-driven heat peaks may shrink wheat crops

More intense heat waves due to global warming could diminish wheat crop yields around the world through premature ageing, according to a study published Sunday in Nature Climate Change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 22

Ultrafine processing technology continues its evolution

The performance of optical and electronic components such as lenses and semiconductors is strongly influenced by the precision of surface grinding, which involves shaping the surface, and polishing, and provides ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stem rust-resistant wheat landraces identified

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have identified a number of stem rust-resistant wheat varieties and are retesting them to verify their resistance.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research team discovers new conducting properties of bacteria-produced wires

The discovery of a fundamental, previously unknown property of microbial nanowires in the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens that allows electron transport across long distances could revolutionize nanotechnology ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 07, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Saving the world's wheat from rusting

Australia’s wheat crop looks to have been saved from a devastating infestation of rust—for now.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists: 'Super' wheat to boost food security

(AP) -- Scientists say they're close to producing new "super varieties" of wheat that will resist a virulent fungus while boosting yields up to 15 percent, potentially easing a deadly threat to the world's food supply.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

'Super varieties' of wheat expected to boost yields and block deadly threat to food security

Five years after the launch of a global effort to protect the world's most important food crop from variants of Ug99, a new and deadly form of wheat rust, scientists say they are close to producing super varieties of wheat ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers sequence genomes of fungi that threaten wheat, poplars

An international team of researchers co-led by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has sequenced the genomes of two fungal pathogens-one that threatens global wheat supplies and another that limits production ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists sequence genomes of two major threats to American food and fuel

An international team of researchers co-led by a University of Minnesota scientist has sequenced the genomes of two fungal pathogens -- one that threatens global wheat supplies and another that limits production of a tree ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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