Midwestern growers don't worry much about soybean rust, but the fungal disease has been popping up at the end of the growing season nearly every year since 2006. But because the fungus can't survive ...

Stem rust is emerging as a disease for barley, Washington State University barley breeder Bob Brueggeman says. Brueggeman observed “an alarming minor epidemic” of the disease in a field of the WSU ...

It took decades of painstaking work, but a research geneticist managed to cross a popular soybean variety with a related wild perennial plant that grows like a weed in Australia, producing the first ...

A leading plant breeder is advocating seed treatments against brown rust for most sowings this autumn. His advice comes against an anticipated surge in early drillings, likely extra pressure from the ...

Combining several resistance genes that, individually, impart only a minor level of leaf-rust protection should offer more durable resistance than using a single gene with strong resistance to ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- It took decades of painstaking work, but research geneticist Ram Singh managed to cross a popular soybean variety ("Dwight" Glycine max) with a related wild perennial plant that ...