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PRO/PL> Stripe rust, wheat – Europe: origin of strains

Other Plant Disease -- Worldwide/UnknownA joint research project of the University of Aarhus in Denmark and the University of Peshawar in Pakistan has found that the stripe rust races currently occurring in Europe are mostly identical with samples from the Himalaya region.Comparison of genotypes from a large number of samples collected worldwide indicates that the invasion of aggressive strains, which has occurred in Europe in recent years, was due to the pathogens being spread by wind currents from Read more [...]