Diseases of Small Grain Cereal Crops Book

Introduction: diagnostic guide to cereal disease, 1. Ear and grain diseases Blights: Black chaff (bacterial streak); Head blight; Scab. Bunts/Smuts: Bunt; Stinking bunt; Dwarf bunt; Karnal bunt; Loose smut; Semi-loose smut; Black loose smut; False loose smut; Covered smut. Other: Black point; Kernel smudge; Sooty mould; Ergot. 2. Leaf and stem siseases Blights: Bacterial streak (black chaff); Bacterial Stripe. Mildew: Powdery mildew. Mosaics/Yellows Diseases: Barley stripe mosaic; Barley yellow dwarf; Barley yellow mosaic; Soilborne wheat mosaic; Wheat streak mosaic; Wheat yellow mosaic. Rusts: Brown rust; leaf rust; Crown rust; Stem rust; Yellow rust. Smuts: Flag smut. Spots/blotches: Halo spot; Net blotch; Scald; Leaf blotch; Septoria leaf blotch; Glume blotch; Spot blotch; Tan spot. Snow Moulds: Pink snow mould; Snow scald; Speckled snow mould. Stripes: Cephalosporium stripe; Leaf stripe. 3. Stem base and root diseases Fungi: Common root rot; Foot rot; Seedling blight (spot blotch); Eyespot; Strawbreaker foot rot; Fusarium foot rot; Dryland foot rot; Sharp eyespot; Take-all. 4. Microscopic appearance of pathogens. Glossary. Appendix 1: Diagnostic features of cereal diseases. Appendix 2: Worldwide distribution of cereals and diseases. Index.