Tanzania Virulence Graph

The Virulence by Country tool, developed by the University of Aarhus Denmark, displays the frequency of virulence to specific combinations of Sr genes in analysed samples over time for a selected country. Selection of any Ug99 lineage race or specific … Continue reading

Tanzania

[advanced_iframe securitykey=”da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709″ src=”http://wheatatlas.org/rusttracker/production/TZA” width=”300″ height=”190″] Rust Issues: Stem rust is a  constraint to wheat production. Ug99 Status: Three variants of Ug99 have been detected in Tanzania – Races: TTKSK (Ug99), TTTSK (Sr36 variant of Ug99) and TTKST (Sr24 variant of … Continue reading

April 5, 2011: Ug99 lineage races TTKSK (Ug99), TTKST (Ug99+Sr24) and TTTSK (Ug99+Sr36) confirmed in Tanzania

Three variants in the Ug99 lineage have been confirmed in stem rust samples collected in Tanzania during August 2009 by a team of Tanzanian and international scientists. Races confirmed by the USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, USA were; … Continue reading

Feb 4, 2015: Preliminary report for Puccinia striifromis race analysis 2014 published by Global Rust Reference Center (GRRC), Aarhus University, Denmark.

Following the recent release of the 2013 stripe rust report, the Global Rust Reference Center in Denmark has now just published the latest report detailing the results of race analysis for  Puccinia striifromis samples submitted during the period January – … Continue reading

ALERT – Dec 23, 2013: LOCALIZED STEM RUST EPIDEMIC IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA. EXTREME CAUTION AND VIGILANCE NEEDED IN EAST AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST REGION

A severe, localised stem rust epidemic has broken out in southern Ethiopia during November-December 2013. The districts of Agarfa and Gasera in Bale zone are the most seriously affected, but some spread into other areas is now being reported. The … Continue reading

Ug99 Effective Sr Genes

Effective / Ineffective stem rust Resistance Genes The following table summarizes the effective and ineffective stem rust resistance genes for races in the Ug99 lineage (based on Singh et al., 2006). TTKSK (Ug99) TTKSF TTKST (Ug99 + Sr24) TTTSK (Ug99 … Continue reading

Pathotype Tracker – Where is Ug99?

Status Summary: Ug99 Lineage – September 2021 Race TTKSK (Ug99) was the first known race of P. graminis f. sp. tritici with virulence to the stem rust resistance gene Sr31. It also possesses virulence to a wide range of resistance … Continue reading