Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2008

UN alert: One-fourth of world’s wheat at risk from new fungus



The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in March that Iran had detected a new highly pathogenic strain of wheat stem rust called Ug99. The fungal disease could spread to other wheat producing states in the Near East and western Asia that provide one-quarter of the world’s wheat. The FAO warned stated east [...] continue reading world news

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