An infection that struck wheat crops in Sicily last year is a new and unusually devastating strain of fungus, researchers say — and its spores may spread to infect this year’s harvests in Europe, the world’s largest wheat-producing region.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/wheat-rust-back-europe
[2] http://www.nature.com/news/deadly-new-wheat-disease-threatens-europe-s-crops-1.21424
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/shaoni-bhattacharya
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plant-diseases
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
