#wheat blast

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Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Wheat Blast Spread and Global Wheat Production

Key Insights: Wheat Blast Threat: Diego et al. (2024) examine the expansion of wheat blast, a significant fungal disease caused by Magnaporthe oryzae pathotype Triticum, since its emergence in Brazil in the 1980s, highlighting its potential to spread in tropical regions under climate change. Model Integration for Global Estimates: The study integrates a wheat crop simulation model with a newly…

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New Test Genetically IDs Fungal Wheat Threat

New Test Genetically IDs Fungal Wheat Threat

By Jan Suszkiw, Agriculture Research Service Scientists have developed a sensitive new tool for identifying the fungus that causes “wheat blast,” an emerging disease of the important grain crop. A team of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and university scientists has developed a sensitive new assay method for detecting the fungus that causes “wheat blast,” a disease of wheat in South America…

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