U.S. Scientists Find Ways to Fight Wheat Rust UG99

Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/africa/stalking-wheat-killer

Ug99, a fungus that infects wheat and other grains, poses a major threat to global food crops. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the ongoing effort to develop hybrid wheat varieties resistant to this disease and the need for new distribution methods to ensure world farmers will have access to hybrid seeds.

This report is part of Pulitzer Center-sponsored project "Stalking A Wheat Killer" (http://bit.ly/zuHhRO).

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• Pulitzer Center
• Wheat Rust
• Fred de Sam Lazaro
• Food Security
• Food Insecurity
• University of Minnesota
• Ug99
• Rust Fungus