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A quarter of UK's wheat crop could be wiped out by virulent new strain of Himalayan fungus [1]

A virulent new strain of fungus from the Himalayas threatens to wipe out up to a quarter of the wheat crop in some areas of the UK this harvest season, experts have warned.

Publication Date: 
08/04/2015
Independent (United Kingdom) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Wheat [4], Food Crops [5], United Kingdom (UK) [6], Plant Diseases [7], Europe [8]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/independent-united-kingdom
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-crops
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-kingdom-uk
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plant-diseases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe