Other Plant Disease -- China
Stripe rust (also called yellow rust) of cereals is caused by the fungus _Puccinia striiformis_. The disease affects wheat (_Triticum aestivum_), durum wheat (_T. turgidum_), some barley varieties, triticale (wheat/rye hybrids) and a number of wild grasses. It causes yellow stripes on leaves, which leads to loss of photosynthetic ability and plant vigour as well as stunting of plants. Yield losses of 40-100 percent have been reported in wheat.
Spores are wind dispersed in several cycles
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7104946&promed&0
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