Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is grown on about 215 M ha globally and stands as an indispensable staple food for over 7.5 billion people and an important source of ...

Wheat is one of the most important cereal crops in the world. The production and productivity of wheat is adversely affected by several diseases including leaf rust, which can cause yield losses, ...

More than 50 leaf rust resistance (Lr) genes against the fungal pathogen Puccinia triticina have been identified in the wheat gene pool, and a large number of them have been extensively used in ...

Leaf rust (LR) is a destructive foliar disease of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) worldwide. Growing resistant cultivars with adult plant resistance (APR) are the ideal way to control the disease.

The study by Punjab Agricultural University focused on wheat diseases leaf rust (LR) and stripe rust (YR) in India Researchers developed a wheat line, ILsp3603, resistant to multiple LR and YR ...