Cereal Diseases
Use the links below to find out more information on the key disease threats to your cereal crops. For each disease you will find out the importance of the disease in terms of potential yield penalty, how to identify the disease in its early stages and our advice on the best control strategies
Tan Spot
Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Dreschslera tritici-repentis)
Loose Smut
Ustilago nuda (Barley), Ustilago tritici (Wheat), Ustilago avenae (Oats)
Glume Blotch/Septoria
Phaeosphaeria nodorum (Stagnospora nodorum formerly Septoria nodorum)
Eyespot
Oculimacula acuformis (R-type) Oculimacula yallundae (W-type)
Halo Spot
Selenophoma donacis
Ramularia
Ramularia collo-cygni
Ascochyta Leaf Spot
Didymella exitialis (Ascochyta tritici)
Black or Sooty Mould
Cladosporium herbarum
Crown Rust
Puccinia coronata
Snow Mould
Monographella nivalis (Microdochium nivale)
Ergot
Claviceps purpurea
Sharp Eyespot
Ceratobasidium cereal (Rhizoctonia ceralis)
Black Point
Alternaria spp
Yellow Rust
Puccinica striiformis
Leaf Stripe
Pyrenophora graminea
Bunt
Tilletia caries
Take-all
Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (does not affect oats) Gaeumannomyces graminis var. avenae (oats )
Snow Rot
Typhula incarnata
Net Blotch
Pyrenophora teres
Brown Rust
Puccinia recondite (Wheat) and Puccinia hordei (Barley)
Rhynchosporium/Leaf Blotch
Rhynchosporium secalis
Powdery Mildew
Blumeria graminis f.sp tritici (wheat) Blumeria graminis f.sp hordei (barley) Blumeria graminis f.sp avenae (oats) Blumeria graminis f.sp secalis (rye)
Grey Mould
Botrytis cinerea
Septoria Leaf Blotch
Zyniseotirua trutucu (mycosphaerella graminicola formerly septoria tritici)
Black Stem Rust
Puccinia graminis