Plant diseases are responsible for substantial crop losses each year and pose a threat to
global food security and agricultural sustainability. Improving crop resistance to pathogens …

Race Ug99 (TTKSK) of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, detected in Uganda in 1998, has been
recognized as a serious threat to food security because it possesses combined virulence to …

Since its domestication around 10,000 years ago, wheat has played a crucial role in global
food security. Wheat now supplies a fifth of food calories and protein to the world's …

This review briefly addresses what has been learned about resistance durability in recent
years, as well as the questions that still remain. Molecular analyses of major gene …

The introduction and spread of plant diseases and insect pests, mostly in horticulture and
forestry, among food crops and other plant species have significant global repercussions for …

Race Ug99 of the fungus Puccinia graminis tritici that causes stem or black rust disease on
wheat was first detected in Uganda in 1998. Seven races belonging to the Ug99 lineage are …

We investigated whether the recent worldwide epidemics of wheat yellow rust were driven
by races of few clonal lineage (s) or populations of divergent races. Race phenoty** of …

A severe stem rust epidemic occurred in southern Ethiopia during November 2013 to
January 2014, with yield losses close to 100% on the most widely grown wheat …

Barley is cultivated both in highly productive agricultural systems and also in marginal and
subsistence environments. Its distribution is worldwide and is of considerable economic …

Rust diseases continuously threaten global wheat production: stem rust, leaf rust, and yellow
rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, Puccinia triticina, and Puccinia striiformis f. sp …