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The Country Survey Mapper tool, developed by the University of Aarhus Denmark, displays rust field survey data. Selection of any specific combination of year and disease is possible. Any new data incorporated into the underlying database will automatically be displayed … Continue reading
[advanced_iframe securitykey=”da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709″ src=”http://wheatatlas.org/rusttracker/production/EGY” width=”300″ height=”190″] Rust Issues: All 3 rusts are potential constraints, but widespread chemical control is undertaken. Ug99 Status: Race TTKSK (Ug99) was detected in Egypt in 2014. Situation Updates: … Continue reading
Wheat rust surveys were undertaken during the period mid February to the end of April 2011. The surveys covered the wheat growing areas of the Nile Valley from Aswan to the Delta. A total of 32 wheat fields were surveyed … Continue reading
Extensive field surveys undertaken in Sudan (Feb 2010) and Egypt (Feb-Apr 2010) revealed a very low incidence of stem rust in farmers fields. Stem rust was not observed on-farm in Sudan and only trace amounts were recorded at three locations … Continue reading
Out of Uganda: An Aggressive Crop Killer That Threatens Global Food Fungal disease in wheat crops has been a serious but controllable problem, but a newer strain of what’s called “stem rust” has scientists worried. January 8, 2018 by Kerstin … Continue reading
Combined results from race analysis undertaken at several different labs indicate that five new variants in the Ug99 lineage were detected from samples collected in East Africa during 2013 or 2014. Probably most significant were the two new SrTmp variants … Continue reading
Mehran Patpour (Global Rust Reference Center in Denmark) and co-authors have just published details of the emergence and spread of virulence to SrTmp in the Ug99 race group in Africa. The note is now available as a First Look in … Continue reading
The Digalu race (race TKTTF) is not part of the Ug99 race group; it is genetically unrelated. This race has been known from Turkey since at least 2005 and it is widely distributed in the Middle East region. It is … Continue reading
This report gives an update on the previously reported stem rust outbreak in southern Ethiopia (see http://rusttracker.cimmyt.org/?p=5473). Thanks to extensive surveillance and sampling, more details are now available regarding the areas affected and also the likely causal race. Based on … Continue reading