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Scientists show that controlling coffee rust with fungicides may not be the best strategy, since fungicides can also kill friendly fungi!
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Journal article: Qualitative Dynamics of the Coffee Rust Epidemic: Educating Intuition with Theoretical Ecology
Learn more about coffee rust disease: Coffee rust
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Scientists study growing conditions affecting mycotoxin contamination of oats by Fusarium fungi, the causative agent of Fusarium head blight.
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Journal article: Modeling the Effects of Environmental Conditions on HT2 and T2 Toxin Accumulation in Field Oat Grains
Learn more about Fusarium head blight: http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/lessons/fungi/ascomycetes/Pages/Fusarium.aspx
Learn more about mycotoxin contamination of food and feed crops: http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/topics/mycotoxins/Pages/default.aspx
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