Other Plant Disease -- United Kingdom
Cereal diseases like common bunt (_Tilletia tritici_) have rarely been seen over the past decade as seed treatments have been highly effective. But there has been an increasing trend against seed treatments in both farm-saved and certified seed, to save costs and support soil biology.
Bunt is re-emerging as a serious threat to wheat. A 5-year seed disease resurgence trial has recorded exceptional levels of bunt in untreated farm-saved seed plots, unexpectedly already in year 2. Both wheat
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8657948&promed&0
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