Will Ug99 Wheat Rust Wipe Out 80 Percent Of The World Wheat Crop? »
Posted By Revelation1412 4 months, 1 week ago in NewsWill a wheat rust that the vast majority of Americans have never heard of lead to a catastrophic global famine? Agricultural scientists now fear that Ug99, a devastating wheat fungus also known as stem rust, could wipe out over 80 percent of the world's wheat crop as it spreads from Africa all across the globe. In a world already on the verge of a massive food crisis, this is incredibly frightening news.
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My grandfather told me of times when rust in wheat was a problem for him many years ago, and a crop could be wiped out because of it. Varieties of wheat were developed that were resistant to rust but there are always new strains of rust showing up, so the battle goes on. The use of fungicides has helped fight some strains of rust and also are used on many crops nowdays,but a fungicide only gives you so many days of protection and then it becomes a situation where one has to decide if it is cost efficient to re-apply.
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I have swathed crops of oats that have looked like they were going to be as bumper crop only to find out that the seeds did not fill because of the damage caused by leaf rust.
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