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bls31
July 16th, 2010, 06:18 AM
A croup killing fungus is spreading out of Africa towards worlds' great wheat growing areas- Economist July 3rd 2010 BLS3!
sunillathwal
July 16th, 2010, 06:46 AM
A croup killing fungus is spreading out of Africa towards worlds' great wheat growing areas- Economist July 3rd 2010 BLS3!
yes, i read about it few months back. here is a link for those who are interested:
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090317/full/news.2009.168.html
bls31
July 16th, 2010, 08:19 AM
Extract from nature.com
RS: If Ug99 gets to India, you don't want to wait until the crops are dead. Once it is identified there, a government program should scale up the adoption of these resistant varieties. They can procure the seed from the 5% area and make sure the rest of the farmers grow it.
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jitendershooda
July 16th, 2010, 09:37 AM
There is a mention in the link provided by Sunil that US agency have provided genetically resistant wheat seeds to asian countries. Is there any possibility of US to open new market for its agencies?
bls31
July 16th, 2010, 03:10 PM
suggest one goes to the print edition of the economist
Economist.com/print
july 3 2010 page11
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