Rust never sleeps: A new flare-up in an age-old battle between wheat and a fungal killer

Science News; Vol.178 #7 (p. 22) ^ | September 25th, 2010 | Rachel Ehrenberg

[JSteff]

Look for Monsanto to “save the day”

Just don't tell Monsanto you have rust on plants of yours or they will sue you for taking their patented properties. Hey if came off their plants, by their rule book it is their property.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/general/resrpt1997/karnal.html

Teliospores of KB were found in 1995 wheat samples from Central Arizona on March 8, 1996.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100427131401.htm

(Apr. 27, 2010) — Research came full circle on April 16 as the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service amended the Karnal bunt quarantine areas in Arizona, California and Texas, according to a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Not at all....lots of research and breeding done looking for strains that resist the fungi.