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.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/forty-wheat-producing-countries-come-together-fight-new-wheat-rust
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plant-diseases
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-council-agricultural-research-icar