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PRO/PL> Blast disease, wheat – South Asia: 1st rep, Bangladesh
Other Plant Disease -- BangladeshOne of the most fearsome and intractable wheat diseases in recent decades is wheat blast. First sighted in Brazil in 1985, blast is widespread in South American wheat fields, affecting as much as 3 million hectares [about 7.4 million acres] in the early 1990s and seriously limiting the potential for wheat cropping on the region's vast savannas. Currently, most [wheat] varieties being planted are susceptible and fungicides have not been effective in controlling the Read more [...]
