Open AccessEVALUATION OF VARIOUS LINES OF WHEAT AND EPIDEMIOLOGY AGAINST LOOSE SMUT (USTILAGO TRITICI)
Author(s) -
Ateeq Ur Rehman,
Syed Atif Hasan Naqvi,
Ummad-ud-Din Umar,
A. Rostami
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.151
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2305-0284
pISSN - 1019-763X
DOI - 10.33866/phytopathol.029.02.0337
Subject(s) - biology , smut , ustilago , agronomy , disease , take all , microbiology and biotechnology , fungus , botany , genetics , gene , medicine , pathology
Fungal diseases pose a potential threat to successful cereal production in wheat particularly in Pakistan. Loose smut caused by Ustilago tritici is an important disease of wheat. During the current research various lines of wheat were screened against the deadly disease, results showed no line was resistant against the disease in the wheat genetic resources, mostly varieties showed susceptible to highly susceptible response. All the environmental variables were found conducive for the development of the disease. The disease is a serious concern for wheat production and potential breeding programs are the need of time to cater the losses due to this disease.