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Ascochyta blight

The answer is blowing in the wind

The microscopic spores produced by disease-causing fungi can become airborne, eventually spreading an outbreak as far as the wind can blow.

Steve Coventry, PhD student is working on a project focused on studying the factors affecting the dispersal of fungal pathogens using Ascochyta blight of chickpeas as a model,

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When: July 2009
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Summary:

PhD candidate, Steve Coventry travelled to Western Australia to work with Dr Moin Salam to further develop his computer based simulation that can predict the spread of Ascochyta blight of chickpeas.

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