Table 1. Diseases and pathogens of small grain cereals amenable to control with seed treatment fungicides.

Disease

Pathogen Involved

Hosts

Covered Smut

Ustilago hordei

barley, oats

Common Bunt

Tilletia laevis, T. tritici

wheat

Dwarf Bunt

Tilletia controversa

wheat

Loose Smut

Ustilago nuda, U. avenae

wheat, barley, oats

Barley Stripe

Pyrenophora graminea

barley

Seed Decay

Pythium spp.

wheat, barley, oats

Browning Root Rot

Pythium spp.

wheat, barley, oats

Dry Seed Decay

Penicillium spp

wheat, barley, oats

Bare Patch

Rhizoctonia solani AG8

wheat, barley

Dryland Root Rot

Fusarium culmorum F. graminearum

wheat, barley

Common Root Rot

Cochliobolus sativus

wheat, barley

Take-all

Gaeumannomyces graminis

wheat, barley, oats