Yellow rust has developed on some wheat varieties in this cool and damp spring – perfect conditions for disease spread – and growers need to monitor crops and treat on detection. Growers and ...

The surge in yellow rust is becoming a bigger challenge for agronomists and farmers. The disease takes its name from the highly visible parallel lines of yellow-orange pustules that are produced along ...

Yellow rust, also known as stripe rust, is caused by a fungal pathogen named Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. The plant disease affects around 88% of global bread wheat production and is one of ...

ISLAMABAD: The Mexico-based International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) has warned wheat growing farmers in Pakistan to keep a close eye on the spread of yellow rust disease which might ...

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FAISALABAD: Due to the devastating effects of rust plant disease, scientists at the Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) have recommended delisting of nine varieties of wheat and urged farmers ...

Chandigarh, Jan 17: Fungal diseases, yellow and brown rust have attacked wheat crop in Punjab and Haryana with farm experts asking wheat growers to apply fungicides to prevent damage to crop.

After the recent attack of pink stem borer on wheat crops, the Punjab agriculture department has issued a new warning to farmers regarding the potential threat of yellow rust disease in wheat fields.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Yellow rust disease caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, a pathogen in wheat, results in significant losses in wheat production ...

ISLAMABAD: The Internatio­nal Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (IMWIC) has advised agricultural scientists in Sindh to develop new wheat seeds which are resistant to yellow rust — a new strain which ...

Warning: Agriculture department officials advise farmers not to panic; so far, the fungal disease has affected around 20 acres of standing crop in district. The detection of yellow rust on wheat crop ...