One question that stuck with me early in my PhD was whether the experimental data underpinning wheat stem rust epidemiological models were still fit for purpose.
Our new review digs into the evidence, how it’s used in models, and where the biggest gaps remain.
Our new preprint is out on bioRxiv!
A regulation-compliant infrared heating system for UK field trials 🌾🔥
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Here’s what it looked like ↓
Big thanks to co-authors Dan Bebber, Diane Saunders and @nrpdtp.bsky.social for the support. Special thank you to @hsuanpai.bsky.social for the beautiful illustration of the wheat stem rust complex life cycle
Super excited to see our bioRxiv paper out! It furthers our understanding of an FHB resistance locus in timopheevii with some DON resistance too!
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Finally out!
A large European diversity panel reveals complex azole fungicide resistance gains of a major wheat pathogen
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
A big thanks to @danielcroll.bsky.social & @GabrielScalliet
#azole #DMI #GWAS #fungicide #resistance #zymoseptoria #Europe
Shout-out to @cesaree-mg.bsky.social for her webinar on refining wheat stem rust models with updated climate parameters! Vital research for resilient wheat futures! 💡📈 🌾
Learn more about our Pathogens EWG and their impact: www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
One question that stuck with me early in my PhD was whether the experimental data underpinning wheat stem rust epidemiological models were still fit for purpose.
Our new review digs into the evidence, how it’s used in models, and where the biggest gaps remain.
Isabel Faci
Roshani Badgami
Strengthening Predictive Models for Wheat Stem Rust Infection Risk in a Changing Climate: Gaps and Opportunities - Morier‐Gxoyiya - 2026 - Plant Pathology - Wiley Online Library bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Strengthening Predictive Models for Wheat Stem Rust Infection Risk in a Changing Climate: Gaps and Opportunities - Morier‐Gxoyiya - 2026 - Plant Pathology - Wiley Online Library bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Sustainable food production requires the management of disease agents attacking crops.
Application of antifungal compounds is among the key elements of pathogen containment;
however, resistance can ri...
The Control of Wheat Pathogens EWG aims to bring together experts from the field of wheat research with an interest in minimising yield loss caused by microbial pathogens through open collaboration.…
Thrilled to see this published! 😄
Our dispatch examines potential additional fungal symbionts in lichen partnerships and the key challenges in unraveling their biology.
Thanks for involving me in this @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social
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Here we review environmental data underpinning epidemiological models for wheat stem rust, highlighting gaps that, once addressed, would significantly enhance the predictive power of these tools.
Here we review environmental data underpinning epidemiological models for wheat stem rust, highlighting gaps that, once addressed, would significantly enhance the predictive power of these tools.
bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
A segment of Triticum timopheevii chromosome 3G confers type II Fusarium head blight resistance and reduces DON accumulation in wheat. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684833v1
