SCIENCE BUZZ: The U.N. warns that a quarter of the world’s wheat could be threatened by a new, “highly pathogenic strain” of wheat stem rust called Ug99. The scary what blight strain was first detected in Iran and may be making its way towards the bountiful wheat fields of Asia and the Near East.

The Best Links:

1. Stem Rust Fungi
2. UN Alert! UN Alert!
3. “Ug99 is not another Neil Diamond cover band”
4. Beware the Ug!
5. A Longer Look at the Scary Ug Super-Blight