Yellow rust spreads east and west in UK

Date:03-29-2011

Yellow rust is now attacking winter wheat crops in both the east and west of the country, says Syngenta.

The disease has been present in some crops since a least early February, according to a yellow rust monitoring service being run on the Syngenta website at Syngenta-crop.co.uk/rust-by-region.aspx">http://www.Syngenta-crop.co.uk/rust-by-region.aspx.

Until recently it seemed mainly confined to eastern counties and the south Midlands. Now the disease has been identified as far west as Shropshire and Herefordshire.