As rust fungi attack, they turn on and off particular genes in wheat to prevent the plant from defending itself. When successful, this stops the plant from killing the invading fungus and ultimately leads to severe plant disease.
As a new form of the pathogen causing Yellow Rust ravaged UK wheat Laura Bouvet, our Knowledge and Innovation Facilitator, investigated how existing wheat traits can be used to beat back the invader. The work has earned Laura her PhD, and we are delighted for her.
Extreme diversity in the wheat yellow rust population has led to the introduction of a new naming system for races discovered in the UK. For
A new early warning device for Septoria, yellow rust and brown rust that gives farmers a three week window for deciding whether to spray or
A new method to determine if a bread wheat variant is resistant to wheat yellow rust is now possible following the identification of new genetic markers