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Research Project: Ug99 Surveillance Through California Sentinel Plots

Location: Cereal Disease Lab

Project Number: 5062-21220-025-045-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Aug 20, 2026
End Date: Aug 19, 2027

Objective:
Monitor potential incursion of Ug99 and other virulent stem rust races into the United States through sentinel plots.

Approach:
1) Establish and maintain rust sentinel plots of wheat, barley, oat, and rye lines in Gilroy, Davis, Camarillo, Riverside, and Tulelake California; 2) observe and report rust development; 3) collect rust samples for race-typing by ARS.