Title: Upgrading an essential tool in the fight against virulent crop diseases Upgrading an essential tool in the fight against virulent crop diseases 3 February 2012 - Top Crop Manager Recent upgrades to the quarantine facilities at the Morden Research Station of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) are key to the fight against highly virulent diseases in Canadian crops. For instance, the facility is crucial for safely conducting research to develop wheat lines with resistance to the Ug99 race of wheat steam rust, in case this devastating disease arrives in Canada...
