Dangerous wheat-killing fungus detected in Iran – UN


	Dangerous wheat-killing fungus detected in Iran – UN

rmowery

3-25-2008 2:51 AM

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wheat, fungus, food source spores, iran, un

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3-25-2008 2:58 AM

willhelm

Wow. The Bush Administration wasn't kidding. I guess this will teach them to mess around with Neocons.

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The wheat stem rust, whose spores are carried by wind across continents, was previously found in East Africa and Yemen and has moved to Iran, which said that laboratory tests have confirmed its presence in some localities in Broujerd and Hamedan in the country’s west. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=25859&Cr=cereal&Cr1="><P>
Up to 80 per cent of all Asian and African wheat varieties are susceptible to the fungus, and major wheat-producing nations to Iran’s east – such as Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan – should be on high alert, FAO warned. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=25859&Cr=cereal&Cr1="><P>
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