Wheat leaf and stem rusts in the Nile Valley and Red Sea region: Incidence, spore movement, pathotypes and effective resistance genes.

O. F. Mamluk, Y. H. Al Daoudi, F. Bekele, Mahmoud Solh, M. S. Ahmed, M. A. Mahir, H. S. Bahamish. (31/12/2000). Wheat leaf and stem rusts in the Nile Valley and Red Sea region: Incidence, spore movement, pathotypes and effective resistance genes. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).

Abstract

Research on wheat rusts started in the 1988/89 growing season in Nile Valley and Red Sea Regional Program (NVRSRP), with available resources from the countries involved. It was further strengthened when the Netherlands Government approved a 3-year (1995- 1997) regional project, of which rust disease control was a major component. The project involved six partners: Egypt. Ethiopia. Sudan, Yemen. ICARDA and CIMMYT . Wheat rust network activities continued beyond the completion of the project. with resources from the national programs. Egypt plays the leading technical role in the regional network, while ICARDA provides technical backstopping and contributes to the network management.