• Background

  Recent outbreaks of new pathogen races of yellow rust (stripe rust), stem rust and leaf rust in Europe pose a serious threat to Norwegian wheat production. Yellow rust epidemics have re-appeared in Norway. Important wheat cultivars are susceptible, and sales statistics indicate a 30% increase in fungicide applications. Stem rust and leaf rust also pose serious threats due to recent outbreaks in neighbouring countries.

• Objective

  This project aims to i) investigate and understand rust epidemiology in Norway, ii) identify and characterize rust resistance genes, iii) deliver tools for resistance breeding, iv) develop sustainable and integrated disease control strategies, and v) deliver practical recommendations to the farmers. This holistic approach will consider the most important wheat diseases and provide expertise and management tools to fulfil the goals of IPM.

• More about the project

  The project brings together the national expertise on wheat genomics, plant pathology, breeding and agronomy at NMBU, NIBIO, Graminor and NLR, and collaborate closely with the world-leading expertise on rust diseases in wheat and statistical modelling. Disease management recommendations will be disseminated to farmers through the agricultural extension service (NLR) and key private actors in seed sales and grain handling (FK Agri, Strand Unikorn and Fiskå Mølle) and plant protection (Bayer, BASF and Syngenta).

  The work is organized in six work packages:

  WP1: Project management (WP leader: Morten Lillemo, NMBU)
  WP2: Alternative hosts and winter survival of rust diseases (WP leader: Andrea Ficke, NIBIO)
  WP3: Host resistance and tools for resistance breeding (WP leader: Morten Lillemo, NMBU)
  WP4: An integrated approach to sustainable disease management (WP leader: Guro Brodal, NIBIO)
  WP5: Dissemination and communication (WP leader: Einar Strand, NLR)

• News

  

  November 2020

  Nytt hveterustprosjekt startet

  For å skaffe mer kunnskap om de ulike rustsjukdommene på korn i Norge har Styret for forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri (FFL) innvilget et nytt forskningsprosjekt. Prosjektet ledes av Morten Lillemo fra NMBU og med samarbeidspartnere fra inn og utland. De andre norske samarbeidspartnerne er Graminor, NIBIO og NLR. Se prosjektomtalen på Fagforum korn: Nytt hveterustprosjekt startet

  

  November 2020

  Stem rust infections detected on spring wheat in Ås

  Stem rust was detected in late september in a spring wheat trial at Vollebekk in Ås. Samples have been collected and sent to the Global Rust Reference Center at Aarhus University for race analysis. 

  Stem rust is the most serious of the rust diseases on wheat globally and has the potential to cause complete yield loss. The last large epidemic of stem rust on wheat in Norway was in 1951.

  

  April 2021

  Oversikt over gulrustraser i Norge

  En viktig aktivitet i HVETERUST-prosjektet er å overvåke gulrustpopulasjonen i Norge. Hvert år samler vi inn bladprøver med gulrustsmitte fra hvetedyrkingsområdene på Østlandet som blir analysert av "Global Rust Reference Center" på Århus Universitet i Danmark. Prøver har vært samlet inn siden 2014 og viser at "Warrior-" er den vanligste gulrustrasen på hvete i Norge. En oversikt ble presentert på konferansen KORN2021 i februar. Presentasjonen kan lastes ned her. 

Participants

External participants

• Andrea Ficke, NIBIO 
• Chloé Grieu, NIBIO
• Guro Brodal, NIBIO
• Einar Strand, NIBIO/NLR
• Bjørn Inge Rostad, NLR
• Anne Guri Marøy
• Muath Alsheikh, Graminor
• Jon Arne Dieseth, Graminor
• Mogens Hovmøller, GRRC, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Jose Crossa, CIMMYT, Mexico
• Sridhar Bhavani, CIMMYT, Mexico
• Xia Xianchun, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
• Yang Ennian, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China