conidia. The ascospores are wind-dispersed over longer distances, the conidia are splash-dispersed within the crop. Both types of spores cause the…
sporidia infect the wheat seedlings even before emergence and the fungi grow inside the plants to the growing tip. The fungi grow between the plant…
base and the roots, whereas the ascospores infect the above-ground plant parts. In greenhouses, usually only mycelium is produced by the germinating…
a few of the roots but in severe cases all roots may be infected. At the final stage of the disease, only vascular tissue remains because the cortex…
available. They infect the plant by direct penetration of the cuticula and then grow between the cuticula and the epidermis of the plant cells. This…
from the root to the foot, but direct infection of the foot also occurs. Exudates leaking from growing root tips promote germination and attract the…
during the cropping season. The fungus is seed-borne and this systemic infection is the only source of primary infection. The fungus spreads from the…
s roots on the stem. The vascular stem tissue is coloured brown and when the stem is cut, bacterial slime oozes from the wound. This is the way to…
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