Wheat rust epidemics damage Ethiopian wheat production: A decade of field disease surveillance reveals national-scale trends in past outbreaks

Wheat rusts are the key biological constraint to wheat production in Ethiopia-one of Africa's largest wheat producing countries. The fungal diseases cause economic losses and threaten livelihoods of smallholder farmers. While it is known that wheat rust epidemics have occurred in Ethiopia, to d...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 16; no. 2; p. e0245697
Main Authors:	Meyer, M, Bacha, N, Tesfaye, T, Alemayehu, Y, Abera, E, Hundie, B, Woldeab, G, Girma, B, Gemechu, A, Negash, T, Mideksa, T, Smith, J, Jaleta, M, Hodson, D, Gilligan, C A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 03-02-2021 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Biology and Life Sciences Botanical research Control Crop yields Diseases and pests Fungal diseases of plants Management Medicine and Health Sciences People and Places Social Sciences Wheat Ethiopia
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