A SEVEN-YEAR ASSESSMENT OF RESISTANCE DURABILITY TO YELLOW RUST IN SOME WHEAT CULTIVARS IN ARDABIL PROVINCE, IRAN

A seven-year assessment of resistance durability to yellow rust in some wheat cultivars in Ardabil province, Iran

Yellow (stripe) rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici is an important disease that threatens wheat production where the weather conditions are congenial and susceptible cultivars are present.Host resistance is the most economical and environmentally safe control method to manage wheat yellow rust; and slow rusting resistance, a kind of q

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Low-level toxicity of chemicals: No acceptable levels?

Over the past 3 decades, in a series of studies on some of the most extensively studied toxic chemicals and pollutants, scientists have found that the amount of toxic chemical linked with the development of a disease or death-which is central to determining "safe" or "hazardous" levels-is proportionately greater at the lowest Sets dose or levels of

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