Wheat leaf rust Wheat leaf rust Wheat leaf rust is a fungal disease that affects wheat, barley and rye stems, leaves and grains. In temperate zones it is destructive on winter wheat because the pathogen overwinters. Infections can lead up to 20% yield loss, which is exacerbated by dying leaves, which fertilize the fungus. The pathogen is "Puccinia" rust fungus. "Puccinia triticina" causes "black rust", "P. recondita" causes "brown rust", and "P. striiformis" causes "yellow rust". It is the most prevalent of all the wheat rust diseases, occurring in most wheat growing regions. It causes serious epidemics in North America, Mexico and South
Mark Errin Rust buried near her mother's home. Thirteen days after Rust murdered Suzuki, on August 16, 2001, he raped a woman at her workplace, but reportedly let her live because she pretended to enjoy his attack. Rust was initially arrested for the rape on August 16 and placed on remand. While on remand, he boasted about the murders to other offenders, including that he had Megumi Suzuki's CD player in his cell. At the same time, Crime Stoppers played one of his phone calls to the authorities about Jakic's body in a request for information. An acquaintance of Rust's recognised his voice