Cereal Diseases
Use the links below to find out more information on the key disease threats to your cereal crops. For each disease you will find out the importance of the disease in terms of potential yield penalty, how to identify the disease in its early stages and our advice on the best control strategies
Septoria Leaf Blotch
Zyniseotirua trutucu (mycosphaerella graminicola formerly septoria tritici)
Eyespot
Oculimacula acuformis (R-type) Oculimacula yallundae (W-type)
Black Point
Alternaria spp
Crown Rust
Puccinia coronata
Black or Sooty Mould
Cladosporium herbarum
Glume Blotch/Septoria
Phaeosphaeria nodorum (Stagnospora nodorum formerly Septoria nodorum)
Brown Rust
Puccinia recondite (Wheat) and Puccinia hordei (Barley)
Bunt
Tilletia caries
Net Blotch
Pyrenophora teres
Leaf Stripe
Pyrenophora graminea
Take-all
Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (does not affect oats) Gaeumannomyces graminis var. avenae (oats )
Snow Mould
Monographella nivalis (Microdochium nivale)
Black Stem Rust
Puccinia graminis
Tan Spot
Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Dreschslera tritici-repentis)
Ramularia
Ramularia collo-cygni
Sharp Eyespot
Ceratobasidium cereal (Rhizoctonia ceralis)
Grey Mould
Botrytis cinerea
Powdery Mildew
Blumeria graminis f.sp tritici (wheat) Blumeria graminis f.sp hordei (barley) Blumeria graminis f.sp avenae (oats) Blumeria graminis f.sp secalis (rye)
Ascochyta Leaf Spot
Didymella exitialis (Ascochyta tritici)
Yellow Rust
Puccinica striiformis
Rhynchosporium/Leaf Blotch
Rhynchosporium secalis
Loose Smut
Ustilago nuda (Barley), Ustilago tritici (Wheat), Ustilago avenae (Oats)
Halo Spot
Selenophoma donacis
Snow Rot
Typhula incarnata
Ergot
Claviceps purpurea