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I hestitate to share your optimism on that point given the information presented in Ravi Singh's CAB Review (see link in article). He claims that PBW343 is highly susceptible to Puccinia graminis Ug99. Also, the CAB Abstracts database contains a number of records for papers which reference the occurrence of the disease in northern India. Singh makes the point that the detection of Ug99 should be a reminder for scientists and farmers not to be complacent about potential disease threats.
Commented Apr 13, 2007 on Dangerous rust puts strain on food security at CABI Blogs: hand picked... and carefully sorted
Dangerous rust puts strain on food security
Back in the 1950s, North America saw 40% of the continent's spring wheat crop lost to stem rust fungus infections. In the late 80s, yellow rust went on a rampage across North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia causing crop losses worth over 1 billion US Dollars. In 2007 and beyond, the world...
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