Other Plant Disease — United Kingdom
The yellow rust picture is complex this year [2016] with experts unclear as to whether new strains have emerged. Infection levels have been exceptionally high [see also ProMED-mail post http://promedmail.org/post/20160621.4299957], with varieties having high scores for resistance succumbing and some supposedly susceptible varieties doing better than expected.
NIAB’s [National Institute of Agricultural Botany] Dr Sarah Holdgate said, “There has almost certainly been a change in the
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