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A Victory Against a Major Wheat Blight

Living on Earth
August 14, 2013
  • By Laura Knoy
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Laura Knoy reports from Washington on what researchers say is the defeat of wheat rust, a fungus which has been one of the biggest killers of wheat crops throughout history. Rust claims up to 10 million tons of wheat a year around the world.

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