China Reports Severe Epidemic of Wheat

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Chinese state media recently reported that wheat stripe rust (yellow rust) was found in over 2.1 million acres of wheat fields in 9 provinces, the worst situation in a decade.

So far, only Shaanxi Province reported specific figures—nearly 494,000 acres of wheat fields in Shaanxi has been affected and it was estimated that the rust fungus would eventually infect 1.5 million acres all over the province.