Posts Tagged ‘Ug99’
A fungus has been deemed interesting and scary enough to grace the pages of Wired magazine along side Google’s search algorithm, the future of money, and a retrospective of the dotcom boom and bust. Way to go stem rust Ug99! Er…, make that “Oh drat. Starvation. That’s bad.” Wheat Stem Rust on the Rampage Thanks [...]
Tags: phytopathology, Puccinia gramminis, stem rust, Ug99, wheat rust, Wired
The wet year of 2009 has lead not only to good production of wild mushrooms, but outbreaks of plant pathogenic fungi as well. Economically valuable crops are under attack by a variety of fungal pests that seem to be on quite a roll this year. Blueberry Maine’s Wild Blueberry Crop Healthy, Despite Wet Weather: “Maine’s [...]
Tags: blueberry, phytopathology, potato blight, Ug99, walnut
