Effect of nitrogen and irrigation on the development of bunt disease in bread wheat

Abstract EN

Nitrogen and water are recognized to be positively related to growth and production of bread wheat (triticum aestivum).

little is known about the effect of nitrogen and water on the infection of bunt disease caused by tilletia foetida.

an experiment in plastic pots have demonstrated that a nitrogen supplement to bread wheat (cv.

"byrsa") at seeding, reduced bunt disease development.

however, infection was almost the same over three water regimes applied during the first two months of wheat growth.