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GRAIN RUST [3 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Grain Growing
OBS

CIMMYT grew out of a pilot program sponsored by the Mexican government and the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1940s-50s to raise Mexico's farm productivity. The wheat specialist in this program, Norman Borlaug, worked with Mexican researchers and farmers to develop strong, short-stemmed varieties that resisted the rust diseases and gave much more grain than traditional varieties.... CIMMYT was formally launched in 1966.

Key term(s)
  • International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Culture des céréales
OBS

[...] organisation sans but lucratif dont la mission est de contribuer à l'amélioration des moyens de subsistances des populations du Tiers-Monde par l'amélioration des semences de blé et de maïs, principales cultures vivrières du monde. Cette organisation est issue d'un programme pilote menée au Mexique en 1943 sous le parrainage conjoint du gouvernement mexicain et de la Fondation Rockefeller. L'un de ses plus célèbres membres fut Norman Borlaug, considéré comme le père de la Révolution verte. Elle a son siège à Mexico [...]

Key term(s)
  • International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Grain Growing
DEF

A wheat disease caused by Puccinia recondita.

CONT

Wheat leaf rust(Puccinia recondita) occurs annually on wheat throughout Canada. It is present in many physiologic forms which has made the attainment of stable disease resistance difficult to achieve. Yield losses can be as high as 25% if heavy infections occur before anthesis and grain filling.

OBS

leaf rust : term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Culture des céréales
DEF

Maladie du blé causée par Puccunia recondita.

OBS

Sur la feuille apparaissent de petites pustules rondes (diamètre 1 à 2 mm), le plus souvent disséminées sur la feuille. Autour de ces amas de spores, il y a souvent une auréole vert clair. Les petits amas de spores brunes se trouvent souvent sur la face supérieure de la feuille et sur la gaine foliaire.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 3 2008-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
CONT

Principal diseases causing grain sorghum losses are smuts, rot and stalk rots, and foliar diseases... Foliar diseases caused by fungi include anthracnose, rough spot, leaf blight, zonate leaf spot, gray leaf spot, target spot, sooty stipe, and rust. Foliar diseases caused by bacteria are bacterial stipe, bacterial streak, and bacterial spot.

OBS

foliar disease: term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Maladie affectant le feuillage des plantes.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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