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Forty wheat producing countries come together to fight new wheat rust [1]

Surinder Sud / New Delhi November 10, 2008, 0:15 IST

In a significant move to avert potential global wheat crisis, the wheat growing countries have decided to combat the threat from a new and fast-spreading disease, called Ug99 rust, which can wipe out wheat cultivation in several countries across the continents.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2008
Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Plant Diseases [4], Wheat [5], Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR) [6]
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