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Indeed, 90 percent of the world’s wheat has little or no protection against the Ug99 race of P. graminis. If nothing is done to slow the pathogen, famines could soon become the norm — from the Red Sea to the Mongolian steppe — as Ug99 annihilates a crop that provides a third of our calories. China and India, the world’s biggest wheat consumers, will once again face the threat of mass starvation, especially among their rural poor. The situation will be particularly grim in Pakistan and Afghanistan, two nations that rely heavily on wheat for sustenance and are in no position to bear added woe. Their fragile governments may not be able to survive the onslaught of Ug99 and its attendant turmoil.
Das klingt ja alles nicht so erfreulich.Oh und wenn ihr schon bei Wikipedia klickt, folgt auch unbedingt diesem "see also" Link. Unglaublich, aber wahr: die US-Luftwaffe hat eine Biowaffe aus dem Pilz gemacht (nun, der alten Generation).