As wheat fields approach the boot growth stage in southeast Kansas and flag leaf stages in the north-central part of the state, stripe rust weighs on many growers’ minds. Stripe rust, a fungal disease ...

Global average wheat yields grew by 2.95% per year from 1961 to 1990, but grew at less than a third that rate (0.85% per year) for 1990–2012 (ref. 1). Changes in how, where and when crops are grown ...