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Published online 17 March 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.168
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Wheat fungus threatens global crops
Mexico meeting works to halt stem rust's spread.
A devastating strain of stem rust (Puccinia graminis), a fungus that infects wheat, is moving out of Africa towards wheat growing regions on other continents. Called Ug99, it was identified in Uganda and classified in 1999.
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Is it possible to do crop rotations--substituting other grains for wheat? Does the fungus target wheat alone?