Growers receive positive results in rust resistance study

An update on developments in UK yellow and brown rust disease populations was provided at the annual UKCPVS stakeholder meeting in Cambridge

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Seventeen AHDB Recommended List (RL) varieties were resistant to yellow rust at the seedling stage
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Seventeen AHDB Recommended List (RL) varieties were resistant to yellow rust at the seedling stage

A total of 68 winter wheat yellow rust samples were submitted to the United Kingdom Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) for testing in 2024. Samples originated from 17 counties across the UK and...

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