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K-State wheat pathologist Kelsey Andersen Onofre discusses whether stripe rust will be a concern in wheat fields this growing ...
Rust fungus, despite a name that would make ... This fungal disease, primarily caused by the fungi in the genus Puccinia, thrives in conditions where moisture is ample and airflow minimal, which ...
Black stem rust (Ug99) Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici (Ug99) is a serious disease of wheat and barley. While wheat in the United States is resistant to most strains of black stem rust, it is not ...
A RUST disease of maize has been known in West Africa for many years. Collections prior to 1949 were all of Puccinia sorghi Schw., both uredo- and teleuto-spores. The damage done to the crop was ...