A shipment of Fults alkaligrass seed (Puccinellia distans) grown in Washington state containing bunted florets was intercepted by quarantine officials at China's Tianjin Entry-Exit Quarantine and Inspection Bureau. The bunted florets were filled with irregularly shaped, reticulately ornamented teliospores that germinated in a manner characteristic of systemically infecting Tilletia spp. on gras...

Commercial fungicides Rango, Tacora, Velficur, and Opus were evaluated in the field, to determine their biological effectiveness control karnal bunt (Tilletia indica) of wheat. A completely randomized design was used with four replications. Twenty heads cultivar Tacupeto F2001 inoculated during boot stage an allantoid sporidial suspension (10,000/mL). rates indicated containers each product fol...