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Summary Rust diseases are among the most dangerous that attack food crops, and historically have caused devastating yield losses worldwide. Rust pathogens produce prodigious amounts of spores in a short period of time, which are rapidly wind-dispersed over a large area for subsequent re-infection of the crop. This characteristic of rust diseases allows for several cycles of infection in a short period of time during the growing season and over a large geographical area, and can cause total yield losses under epidemic conditions. This paper describes rust diseases occurring in Canada and the various management practices used to control each disease.
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Rust diseases have historically caused devastating food crop yield losses worldwide.
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e0“Rust diseases are among the most dangerous that attack food crops, and historically have caused devastating yield losses worldwide”
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Rust pathogens produce spores rapidly, enabling repeated crop infection and potentially total yield loss in epidemics.
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e0“Rust pathogens produce prodigious amounts of spores in a short period of time, which are rapidly wind-dispersed over a large area for subsequent re-infection of the crop. This characteristic of rust diseases allows for several cycles of infection in a short period of time during the growing season and over a large geographical area, and can cause total yield losses under epidemic conditions”