Comparison of disease severity caused by four soil-borne pathogens in winter cereal seedlings

In Australia, crown rot of cereals is predominantly caused by Fusarium pseudograminearum and culmorum, common root Bipolaris sorokiniana. graminearum an important pathogen causing head blight worldwide has also been reported to cause wheat. The comparative ability F. pseudograminearum, B. sorokiniana across a range winter cereal species requires investigation. glasshouse trials, we inoculated one cultivar each barley, bread wheat, durum oat triticale with two strains the four pathogens. At 21 days after inoculation, sub-crown internode leaf sheaths plant were visually rated for brown discoloration. Shoot length dry weight plants compared those non-inoculated controls. Barley wheat had highest disease severity ratings on (64.7–99.6%), whereas lowest all pathogens (<5%). shoot cultivars was significantly reduced (by 12.2–55%, P < 0.05) when exposed pseudograminearum. This study provides comparison pathogenicity demonstrates significant variation in visual discoloration host response cereals.