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Global Fight to Preserve Daily Bread - Sustainable Solutions to Combat Wheat
Wheat farmers have battled plant-killing fungi since the grain was domesticated over 10,000 years ago. One deadly nemesis, wheat black stem rust, or Puccinia graminis, has been capable of spreading across continents and destroying wheat crops in its path.

This lethal fungus was stopped in its tracks 30 years ago by Norman Borlaug, the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He developed wheat varieties that resisted the fungal attack. The world wheat production seemed safe for a time.

Here's the story by IAEA's Louise Patterson:

6min. 6sec.
Produit par: IAEA's Division of Public Information
 
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