Wheat Rust in Asia: Meeting the Challenges with Old and New Technologies

The rust diseases of wheat pose a constant threat to sustainable wheat production and thus food security in Asia. If susceptible wheat cultivars are grown, approximately 60 and 40 million hectares could experience periodic epidemics of leaf rust and stripe rust, respectively. Avoiding major rust epidemics in the region is a complex challenge, given that fewer cultivars are being cultivated over large areas, that several of those cultivars are...