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Results from latest UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey confirm failure of major yellow rust resistance gene

Key findings from 2025 rust disease monitoring and an insight into the impact of fungicide use on disease populations were among the topics discussed at the UK Cereal Virulence Pathogen Survey annual stakeholder meeting in Cambridge

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Results from latest UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey confirm failure of major yellow rust resistance gene

The widespread planting of winter wheat varieties carrying the yellow rust major resistance gene Yr15 is likely to have encouraged the emergence of new virulent strains of the disease in the UK last season,...

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