For those not familiar with The Bible, there are 4 horsemen of the apocalypse ( white, red, black and pale), and the Black Horse is famine. Specifically, Scripture talks of a time when grain production will be ruined and bread become very expensive. So, when this article about the grain fungus UG99 mentioned that it could make bread a luxury good, it sort of clicked with me. You see, we had long since bred out wheat that was susceptible to this sort of thing which is how the world has been able to sustain an ever growing population. However, this new strain from Uganda is immune to all our defenses and has the potential to start a worldwide famine the likes of which the human race has never seen. So, I will leave a link to the article for those who wish to read it and comment on it. It is definitely a scary prospect if it were to come to pass.
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/ff_ug99_fungus/all/1
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/ff_ug99_fungus/all/1