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Date: Mon 19 Feb 2024
Source: The Tribune [summ. Mod.DHA, edited]
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/pau-experts-warn-wheat-growers-of-stripe-rust-attack-592718


Incidences of stripe rust have been spotted on wheat varieties HD 2967, HD 3086 and DBW 222. A survey was conducted by the Punjab Agricultural University [PAU] at these fields. The experts have cautioned wheat growers and advised to monitor the wheat fields regularly for this disease. Minor incidence of the disease was also observed in the surrounding fields.

Farmers with infected fields were advised to immediately spray their fields with recommended fungicides. The scientists suggested that farmers of sub-mountainous areas survey their fields where susceptible and unrecommended varieties were sown. If disease appears, that field should be sprayed immediately with fungicides to avoid disease spread.

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[Stripe rust (also called yellow rust) of cereals is caused by the fungus _Puccinia striiformis_. The disease affects wheat (_Triticum aestivum_), durum wheat (_T. turgidum_), some barley varieties, triticale (wheat/rye hybrids), and a number of wild grasses. It causes yellow stripes on leaves leading to loss of photosynthetic ability and plant vigour, as well as stunting of plants. Yield losses of 40%-100% have been reported in wheat.

Spores are wind dispersed in several cycles during the cropping season. Grasses and volunteer crop plants may generate a "green bridge" providing inoculum for the next crop cycle. Disease monitoring is important so that timely action can be taken to limit the spread of the pathogen, as well as build-up of inoculum. Disease management may include the use of resistant crop varieties, fungicide applications and control of pathogen reservoirs. Monitoring and resistance breeding programmes have been established in different regions for early detection of new rust strains and to attempt to stay ahead of pathogen evolution.

While stem rust (_P. graminis_) poses a huge potential threat to world wheat production, stripe rust is currently causing the most damage to wheat crops on a global scale. New strains of both rusts with increased virulence and additional fungicide resistances have been reported in recent years from wheat-growing areas worldwide. Climate warming allowing survival of wheat rusts on green bridges into higher latitudes is another example of pathogens extending their range due to climate change (e.g., ProMED posts 20141024.2895414, 20120809.1235745, 20090914.3230, 20110718.2172). Projects for double-resistance breeding to manage both stripe and stem rusts simultaneously are in progress (see ProMED post 20120831.1274190).

In India, of the cereal rusts, stripe rust is the most serious constraint to wheat production. The Himalayan region, including parts of India and Pakistan, has been identified as a source of most of the aggressive stripe rust races that have arrived in Europe over recent years (ProMED post 20150717.3517395).

Pictures
Stripe rust symptoms on wheat:
https://www.realagriculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/stripe-rust-3-signature-small2.jpeg,
http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/php/brief/2005/stripe/image/wheat3.jpg and
https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/sites/gateway/files/styles/original/public/Stripe%20rust%20infected%20glume.JPG
Stripe rust on barley:
http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Barley-stripe-rust-1.jpg,
https://extensionaus.com.au/FieldCropDiseasesVic/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2017/03/Fig-2.-Barley-stripe-rust-.jpg and
https://pnwhandbooks.org/sites/pnwhandbooks/files/plant/images/barley-hordeum-vulgare-stripe-rust/225.jpg
Ryegrass with stripe rust:
http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/bpp/Plant_Clinic/images/ryegrass_stripe%20rust.jpg and
http://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/photo-15-e1378922274640.jpg

Links
Information on stripe rust:
https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/mycrop/diagnosing-stripe-rust-wheat,
https://www.ars.usda.gov/midwest-area/stpaul/cereal-disease-lab/docs/cereal-rusts/wheat-stripe-rust/,
http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/pests/barley-stripe-rust/,
https://ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/small-grains/stripe-rusts-of-wheat-and-barley/ and
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/158964/stripe-rust-in-wheat.pdf
Stripe rust global tracking, current race analysis, and distribution:
http://wheatrust.org/yellow-rust-tools-maps-and-charts/ and
http://rusttracker.cimmyt.org/?page_id=9
Stripe rust review:
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01057
_P. striiformis_ taxonomy, and synonyms:
http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=227064 and
http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=227064
Wheat rusts overview, including epidemiology and spore types:
http://www.fao.org/3/y4011e/y4011e0g.htm
Global Rust Initiative:
https://bgri.cornell.edu/
Wheat varieties in India:
https://www.aicrpwheatbarleyicar.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wheat-varieties-notified-in-india.pdf,
https://www.agrifarming.in/high-yielding-wheat-varieties-in-india-hybrid-cultivars-for-increased-profits,
https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2022.0053,
https://icar.gov.in/crop-science/landmark-varieties and
https://bgri.cornell.edu/portfolio/screening-of-indian-wheat-germplasm-for-stripe-rust-resistance-across-varying-altitudes-of-north-western-himalayan-region-of-india/
- Mod.DHA

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See Also

2023
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Stripe rust, wheat - Türkiye: (ED) 20230504.8709859
Stripe rust, wheat - Pakistan: (KP) 20230420.8709599
Stripe rust, wheat - India: (HR) 20230222.8708531
2022
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Stripe rust, wheat - Australia: (NS,QL) 20220809.8704948
Stripe rust, cereal crops - Tunisia: (NB) 20220429.8702923
Stripe & leaf rusts, wheat - Pakistan: (PB) 20220210.8701378
2021
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Stripe, stem & leaf rusts, wheat - Ethiopia 20210212.8186216
Stripe rust, wheat - India: (HR) 20210120.8121602
2020
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Stripe rust, wheat - China 20200528.7391929
Stripe rust, wheat - UK: new strain susp. 20200410.7206768
Stripe rust & head blight, wheat - China 20200318.7104946
Stripe rust & karnal bunt, wheat - India: (HR) 20200204.6950281
2019
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Stripe rust, wheat - China: alert 20191219.6849959
Stripe rust, wheat - India: (JK) 20190415.6422450
Stripe rust, wheat - Pakistan, India 20190328.6390313
2018
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Stripe rust, wheat - Australia: (VI) new strain 20180614.5855829
Stripe rust, wheat - India: (PB) alert 20180301.5659889
and additional items on stripe rust in the archives

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Published: February 22, 2024