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Plant pathologists fighting global threat to wheat supply
05-07-2007 · EurekAlert!A new, highly destructive strain of wheat stem rust is continuing to evolve and has the potential to devastate wheat production worldwide, say plant pathologists with The American Phytopathological Society (APS).
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