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    Rapid response launched to tackle new yellow rust strains threatening UK wheat

    2026-02-11T08:36:00Z

    The UK’s wheat is under threat from a newly identified strain of the yellow rust pathogen, prompting an urgent mobilisation of research institutes to protect harvests. The new strain has overcome a key resistance gene that was protecting many major UK wheat varieties from yellow rust infection.