Monitoring crop disease

By Bob Freebairn
June 1 2020 - 5:00am
Nearest plot is a wheat variety devastated by leaf rust. Behind is a rust resistant variety. If winter or early spring be moist, leaf rust diseases need to be monitored. Knowledge of disease resistance status is important for control.
Nearest plot is a wheat variety devastated by leaf rust. Behind is a rust resistant variety. If winter or early spring be moist, leaf rust diseases need to be monitored. Knowledge of disease resistance status is important for control.

Stem rust, stripe rust and leaf rust, have periodically each caused yield losses in wheat crops that exceed 50 per cent. In very severe situations yield and quality losses have even been higher.

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