Emergence and spread of new races of wheat stem rust fungus: Continued threat to food security and prospects of genetic control

Phytopathology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 872-884

  Singh, Ravi P ^a   Hodson, David P ^b   Jin, Yue ^c   Lagudah, Evans S ^d   Ayliffe, Michael A ^d   Bhavani, Sridhar ^e   Rouse, Matthew N ^c   Pretorius, Zacharias A ^f   Szabo, Les J ^c   Huerta Espino, Julio ^g   Basnet, Bhoja R ^a   Lan, Caixia ^a   Hovmøller, Mogens S ^h  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Black rust

Indexed keywords

PUCCINIA GRAMINIS F. SP. TRITICI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UREDINALES;

BASIDIOMYCETES; CATERING SERVICE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT IMMUNITY; WHEAT;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOOD SUPPLY; GENES, PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; TRITICUM;

EID: 84937846434     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: 19437684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-01-15-0030-FI     Document Type: Article

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