A forewarning model of stripe rust of wheat for predicting the disease initiation in Jammu sub-tropics was developed by the analysis of disease severity data pertaining to the years from 2005-06 to 2012-13 obtained from AICRP research experiments available in the Division of Plant Pathology. The analyzed data was validated during rabi season 2014-16. | Weather based forewarning model for yellow rust of wheat in scarcity zone of Jammu and Kashmir India