Spread of damaging wheat rust continues: new races found in Europe, Africa, Central Asia

Wheat rust, a family of fungal diseases that can cause crop losses of up to 100 percent in untreated susceptible wheats, is making further advances in Europe, Africa and Asia, according to two new studies produced by scientists in collaboration with FAO. The reports, highlighted in the journal [Nature](http://www.nature.com/news/deadly-new-wheat-disease-threatens-europe-s-crops-1.21424)following their… Read more on http://africa-newsroom.com/press/spread-of-damaging-wheat-rust-continues-new-race...

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