World wheat production to fall by 13% due to dangerous fungus

The further spread of one of the most dangerous grain fungi in the world could reduce the volume of the world wheat harvest by 13 percent of the current one by 2050. The online publication FarmingUK writes about this with reference to research data from an international team of scientists. We are talking about Magnaporthe oryzae, which was first discovered in the world in 1985 and became a “thunderstorm” in humid regions for the production of not only wheat, but also rice. It first appeared in Brazil, then began to spread to neighboring Latin American countries. In 2016, the dangerous parasite was recorded for the first time outside this continent, namely in Bangladesh, and in 2018 it was discovered in Zambia. Scientists have calculated grain losses due to climate change The researchers conducted simulations showing how wheat yields would be affected in the future by Magnaporthe oryzae, and which countries would be affected first. It showed that in the near future it will affect ...