Genetic analyses show that a destructive wheat blast fungus that travelled from South America to South East Asia is now established in Zambia under rain-fed conditions, according to a new report from The Sainsbury Laboratory. Wheat blast, Magnaporthe oryzae, is a fungus with devastating implications for wheat crop. It was originally detected in Brazilian wheat fields in 1985 and quickly spread over
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The two-day event will focus on topics in the Black Sea region and beyond. The first day will be dedicated to Ukrainian and the Black Sea grains market, covering ongoing issues and forecasts for the future harvest, aspects related to forward contracts and trading strategies, as well as government trade regulations in the key global agricultural regions. The second day will
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Lost blogs? What might they be? I thought it would be fun to look at and review the blogs that we wrote several years ago for other people’s blogs. Some of them have become lost in the mists of time or they have just faded away, as things do. This one was written for Orkneyjar. It’s an excellent resource if
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