Airborne spores of Tilletia caries as a source of wheat bunt through soil contamination |
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| Authors: | D J YARHAM B M McKEOWN |
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| Institution: | Agricultural Development and Advisory Service. Government Buildings, Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge CB2 2DR, UK |
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| Abstract: | In 1985 severe bunt was encountered in a crop of wheat grown from organomercury-treated seed. Circumstantial evidence suggested that the soil had been contaminated by airborne spores of the fungus from a nearby crop which was being harvested at the same time as the affected crop was being sown. |
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