Agricultural crops :: Cereals :: Wheat
Stripe Rust/Yellow Rust:Puccinia striiformis
Symptom:
- The pustules of stripe rust, which, contain yellow to orange-yellow urediospores, usually form narrow stripes on the leaves
- Pustules also can be found on leaf sheaths, necks, and glumes.
- Survival : Both survive on stubbles and volunteer crops
- Alternate host : unknown
- Spread : uredospores from hill
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| YELLOW RUST |
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| Life cycle of Puccinia striiformis: |
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Identification of pathogen: |
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| Urediniospores of Puccinia striiformis (400X) |
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| LIFE CYCLE |
Teliospores of Puccinia striiformis (400X) |
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Management:
- Mixed cropping and crop rotation
- Avoid excess “N”
- Sulphur dusting @ 35-40 kg/ha
- Mancozeb @ 2g/lit
- Resistant varieties
- Lerma Rojo, Safed Lerma,
- Sonalika and Chotil
Source of Microscopic images: Diseases of small grain cereal crops- A colour handbook by TD Murray, DW Parry and ND Cattlin |
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