Wheat rusts no more
Location of a gene active against rust diseases pinpointed
COME winter and wheat plants might exhibit symptoms every farmer dreads. The leaves and stems show small orange to brown flecks that soon enlarge and spread. The infected parts mature and go from brown to black. Gradually the plant withers and dies. Farmers throughout the world know it as the rust disease. There are three kinds: leaf rust, stripe rust and stem rust. There have been reports of these diseases reaching epidemic proportions in different parts of the world. For India