What is 'Wheat Blast Epidemic'
• Presently wheat crop is under threat of a major pandemic, which can threaten the food security at the global level.
• This danger is of Wheat Blast Pandemic.
• This disease is spread in three continents South America, has spread to Asia and Africa
• Scientists warn it could spread worldwide
• Scientists analyzed over 500 samples of the fungus to understand the origin of the pathogen
• Wheat blast:
• It is an infectious disease spread by fungus
• The name of this fungus is- Magnaporthe oryzae
•Pathogen in this disease affects the crop
• It infects wild and cultivated grasses especially rice and wheat
• Researchers first detected the pathogen Manaporthe oryzae in wheat crops in the South American country of Brazil in the 1980s
• Asia's first infection was reported in Bangladesh in 2016 and Africa in 2018
• Disease severity It can be inferred from the fact that crops are burnt to avoid the disease
• According to experts, it is a very serious disease and a threat to wheat cultivation in some of the poorest parts of the world
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