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Rapid response launched to tackle new yellow rust strains threatening UK wheat
- February 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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The UK's wheat is under threat from a newly identified strain of the yellow rust pathogen, prompting an urgent mobilization of research institutes to protect harvests. The new strain, identified in 2025, has overcome a key resistance gene that was protecting many major UK wheat varieties from yellow rust infection.
Originally published at Phys.org