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Title: SMUT DISEASES

Author
item FUENTES-DAVILA, G. - CD. OBREGON, MEXICO
item Goates, Blair
item THOMAS, P. - WINNEPEG, CANADA
item NIELSEN, J. - WINNEPEG, CANADA
item BALLANTYNE, B. - WAGGA WAGGA, AUSTRALIA

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/1/2002
Publication Date: 12/1/2002
Citation: Fuentes-Davila, G., Goates, B., Thomas, P., Nielsen, J., Ballantyne, B. 2002. Smut diseases. In Bread Wheat Improvement and Production.pp. 251-271. B.C. Curtis S. Rajaram H. Gomez-Macpherson eds. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF MOST ASPECTS OF COMMON BUNT AND DWARF BUNT DISEASES OF WHEAT IS PRESENTED. INCLUDED ARE SECTIONS ON HISTORY, DISTRIBUTION AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE, TAXONOMY, MORPHOLOGY, SPORE GERMINATION, CULTURE, AND PHYSIOLOGY. EXTENSIVE SECTIONS DEAL WITH RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING HOST RESISTANCE, CHEMICAL CONTROL, AND PATHOGENIC SPECIALIZATION.