Effect of sowing date on infection of Indian wheat varieties with loose smut and seed gall nematode

Abstract EN

All 25 wheat varieties tested except WH896 and Raj1555 were susceptible to loose smut, with disease incidence ranged from 16.

7 % to 43.

5 %.

Following a 35 days delay in seed sowing, all tested varieties expressed reduction in loose smut incidence, whereas seed gall nematode/ear cockle incidence was increased in most varieties.