Cereal Rust Report - 2010 Season
There have been several recent developments that have improved our understanding of the wheat stripe rust pathogen. Colleagues in the USA have published for the first time the occurrence of a sexual stage in the stripe rust life cycle. This is a very important development in our understanding of the biology of this pathogen, and unlocks a mystery that has remained unanswered for more than a century. The nature of this research and the implications for Australia are discussed below. At a more local level, isolates of the stripe rust pathogen collected in eastern Australia in 2009 have recently been identified as potentially significant to certain wheat and triticale varieties. Cereal Rust Report - 2010 Season