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Meeting the Challenge of Yellow Rust in Cereal Crops - ICARDA

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The wea<strong>the</strong>r was favourable from <strong>the</strong> beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> season, allow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />

rust enough time to spread and develop. The presence <strong>of</strong> an aggressive<br />

pathotype <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pathogen aggravated <strong>the</strong> situation.<br />

The area planted to bread wheat is <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Morocco, and that <strong>of</strong><br />

durum wheat is decreas<strong>in</strong>g. This will probably favour yellow rust becom<strong>in</strong>g an<br />

established disease and be economically damag<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> wheat crop. Thus it is<br />

necessary to start a yellow rust research programme <strong>in</strong> Morocco that <strong>in</strong>cludes<br />

epidemiological studies, virulence surveys, screen<strong>in</strong>g and breed<strong>in</strong>g for<br />

resistance.<br />

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