Extensive surveys were carried out by Dr Ramdani, the INRA cereal pathologist, during the second fortnight of April and the first week of May 2011. The surveys covered the major wheat growing areas and were conducted when the growth stage … Continue reading
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Extensive wheat rust surveys were undertaken by several research institutes in Pakistan during March to May 2011. The surveys covered all the major wheat growing areas from Sindh province in the south to the northern plains. A total of 56 … Continue reading
Wheat rust surveys were undertaken throughout the wheat growing regions of Syria during May 2011. A total of 66 sites were surveyed using standard BGRI survey methodology. These surveys coordinated by ICARDA followed the major yellow rust epidemics observed in … Continue reading
Extensive wheat rust surveys were undertaken by several research institutes in Nepal during March to May 2011. The Central wheat growing areas from the lowlands to mid-hills were covered by the survey teams. A total of 71 sites were surveyed … Continue reading
Extensive wheat rust surveys were coordinated by the BARI Wheat Research Center, Dinajpur and undertaken in collaboration several Regional Agricultural Research Stations (Jessore, Jamalpur, Ishurdi, Rajshahi). The surveys were undertaken in Feb-March 2011 and covered all the main wheat growing … 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
Widely grown cultivars in Ethiopia – Galema and Kubsa – suffered a serious yellow rust epidemic in the 2010 main season. Official estimates indicated that over 500,000 ha of wheat were affected. Conducive environmental conditions which permitted early infection, coupled … Continue reading
Survey updates – East Africa Kenya: stem rust incidence and severity remains high in Kenya. Expanded surveys (Aug-Sept 2010) by KARI, Njoro staff in the Central and North Rift regions recorded stem rust in 70% of the 122 fields surveyed. … Continue reading
Wheat rust surveys were undertaken by staff from the ZARI Mount Makulu Research station during the period August to October 2010. The surveys covered the main wheat growing areas in Central Zambia. A total of 27 sites were surveyed using … Continue reading
Additional survey data were received from Azerbaijan and Tajikistan. In Azerbaijan, stem rust was absent from 24 fields surveyed in April 2010. In Tajikistan, 39 fields were surveyed using standard methodology in May 2010. Stem rust at high severity was … Continue reading