"An international team of researchers has warned that a destructive wheat disease could threaten global food security and is calling for a doubling in funding to develop disease-resistant varieties.
Wheat stem rust - also known as UG99 - is an aggressive fungus and one of the most destructive wheat diseases.
It was first found in Uganda, but has spread through the Middle East, destroying wheat crops."
These researchers obviously stand to gain from any funding they can rustle up, but it is still an ugly issue.
As they say it is a matter of when it gets to Australia & elsewhere, not if.
Of course our friends at Monsanto probably have an answer for us.
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