{
  "id": 16610979,
  "title": "Barley seed could carry fungicide-resistant disease into next crop, researchers find",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/barley-seed-could-carry-fungicide-resistant-disease-into-next-crop",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-26T14:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-barley-seed-fungicide-resistant-disease.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Barley seed could be carrying more than the potential for a new crop, with emerging research from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) finding that fungicide-resistant net blotch can be carried on seed and transferred to seedlings.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}