Comments on: Global Wheat Crop Threatened by Rust Fungus – African Seeds May Offer Hope

By: Gene Banks to Preserve World’s Crops from Climate Change – EcoLocalizer

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:40:10 +0000

[...] * See my previous blog Global Wheat Crop Threatened by Rust Fungus – African Seeds May Offer Hope [...]

By: Are Mushrooms the New Plastic? – Green Designer Eben Bayer [VIDEO] – Planetsave

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:48:27 +0000

[...] Some species of fungus, however, can badly damage crops, and fungal blights cost world-wide agriculture hundreds of million and even billions of dollars a year in lost crops. An example of this is the ‘Ug 99′ rust fungus that is spreading around the globe and attacking wheat crops (see my earlier post on Ecolocalizer.com). [...]

By: Our Water Planet – How Much Do You Know? – Planetsave

Our Water Planet – How Much Do You Know? – Planetsave — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:01:13 +0000

[...] “landraces” (such as certain durum wheat varieties from African seed banks; see my 2009 article) and/or genetically modified crops that require less [...]

By: ‘Millennium Goal’ to End World Hunger Will Not Be Met : Planetsave

‘Millennium Goal’ to End World Hunger Will Not Be Met : Planetsave — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:22:45 +0000

[...] This access to new crops could be facilitated through an international, free seed exchange with seed banks in Western nations, many of which have utilized native African “landraces” (indigenous varieties) in the past to save various crop harvests from parasite and/or fungal infestations that are more endemic to the US and Europe (see my earlier article: Global Wheat Crop Threatened by Fungus – African Seeds May Offer Hope). [...]

By: Gene Banks to Preserve World’s Crops from Climate Change : EcoWorldly

Gene Banks to Preserve World’s Crops from Climate Change : EcoWorldly — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:12:31 +0000

[...] * see my previous blog Global Wheat Crop Threatened by Rust Fungus – African Seeds May Offer Hope [...]