Expertise in viruses and high security containment brought Rothamsted Research into a multinational team that has just won a major battle in the war against a genetically versatile fungal pathogen ...

USDA research plant pathologist Xianming Chen says that stripe rust has a low potential to damage spring wheat this year. (Capital Press file photo) Stripe rust season is “generally over” for winter ...

Famine may be largely a thing of the past but in recent years the re-emergence of a disease that can kill wheat - which provides a fifth of humanity's food - has threatened food security; now a ...

BELHAVEN, N.C. (WNCT)– After a drop in temperatures and a mix of spring weather, crops in eastern North Carolina, specifically wheat, are experiencing some damage. Wheat stripe rust has appeared in ...

Scientists have unraveled how wheat protects itself from a deadly pathogen. Their findings could be harnessed to make important crop species more resistant to disease. Scientists from the Max Planck ...