Highlights•Rust fungi constitute 8000 species and many variants specialized to individual
host genotypes.•Inter-continental spread of new variants of cereal rust fungi is becoming …

In clonally reproducing dikaryotic rust fungi, non-sexual processes such as somatic nuclear
exchange are postulated to play a role in diversity but have been difficult to detect due to the …

Stem rust is one wheat's most dangerous fungal diseases. Yield losses caused by stem rust
have been significant enough to cause famine in the past. Some races of stem rust are …

Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae (Pca) is an important fungal pathogen causing crown rust
that impacts oat production worldwide. Genetic resistance for crop protection against Pca is …

Key message Sr65 in chromosome 1A of Indian wheat landrace Hango-2 is a potentially
useful all-stage resistance gene that currently protects wheat from stem rust in Australia …

The Volga region is one of the main grain-producing regions of Russia. Wheat stem rust
caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici is among the most destructive fungal diseases of …

Stem rust is a serious disease of many gramineous plants including small grain staples such
as wheat, barley, rye and triticale. Separate formae speciales (ff. spp.) of the causal fungus …

Non-sexual processes such as somatic nuclear exchange are postulated to play a role in the
diversity of clonally reproducing dikaryotic rust fungi but have been difficult to detect due to …

Effective mitigation of the current threat from yellow rust and the potential threat from stem
rust to wheat production in the south of Spain requires the characterization of the …

The increased emergence of cereal stem rust in southern and western Europe, caused by
the pathogen Puccinia graminis, and the prevalence of alternate (sexual) host, Berberis …