Black stem rust "...two blighted ears of wheat, which few persons would have thought it worthwhile to carry with them round the world..."

Shaw, M. (2011) Black stem rust "...two blighted ears of wheat, which few persons would have thought it worthwhile to carry with them round the world...". Microbiologist, 12 (1). pp. 36-39. ISSN 1479-2699

Abstract/Summary

A brief survey of the history of this most severe pathogen of wheat and our developing understanding of it.