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Article: Stripe rust not severe yet
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- The Press
- Article date:
- October 9, 1997
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Stripe rust has been identified in several wheat crops in
Canterbury, but infections to date have not been severe. The extent
to which stripe rust will develop will depend on the cultivar grown,
the seed treatment, the races of stripe rust present, how early
stripe rust makes its appearance, the season, and local conditions,
says the Foundation for Arable Research.
The recent cool weather is conducive to the development of stripe
rust. Cultivars vary in their resistance to the various stripe-rust
races which may be present, and only Monad has almost complete
resistance to stripe rust.
With a large number of cultivars on the Canterbury wheat Arable