Cereals :: Major Disease of Wheat (Rust)
- Stem Rust: {Source: https://www.agricoachingdelhi.in/}
- Puccinia graminis tritici{Asked in JRF Agronomy 2015 and BHU General Agriculture 2017 }
- Alternate host : Berberis spp. {Source: https://www.agricoachingdelhi.in/}
- Symptom:
- Pustules (containing masses of urediospores) are dark reddish brown - occur on both sides of the leaves, on the stems (Asked in JRF Plant Science 2016 and BHU General Agriculture) {Source: https://www.agricoachingdelhi.in/}
- Management
- Mixed cropping and crop rotation
- Avoid excess nitrogen
- Sulphur dusting @ 35-40 kg/ha
- Mancozeb @ 2g/lit (Asked in BHU General Agriculture)
- Resistant varieties
- Lerma Rojo, Safed Lerma and Sonalika {Source: https://www.agricoachingdelhi.in/}
- Life Cycle
