/ Stripe rust Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /egghead/blog/good-news-pasta-lovers-durum-wheat-resistant-deadly-stripe-rust-developed <p><span>On a sunny day in early April, young wheat plants stood waist-high in test fields near the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis campus, their heads full of still-green grain. A walk along some furrows left pants and boots covered with a fine, orange dust. These plants were bred to fight a stubborn pathogen that threatens the world’s wheat: stripe rust.</span></p> April 13, 2026 - 4:10pm Andy Fell /egghead/blog/good-news-pasta-lovers-durum-wheat-resistant-deadly-stripe-rust-developed