Screening Wheat Lines as Seedlings for Resistance to Cephalosporium gramineum. S. L. Van Wert, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1312. A. V. Ravenscroft, Technician, and D. W. Fulbright, Associate Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1312. Plant Dis. 68:1036-1038. Accepted for publication 8 August 1984. Copyright 1984 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-68-1036.

Seedlings of winter wheat lines with known field disease reactions to Cephalosporium gramineum were assayed in controlled-environment chambers for resistance to strains of C. gramineum. This procedure differentiated between highly susceptible and highly resistant lines but was less effective for discriminating between lines with intermediate reactions. This assay may be useful for rapid selection of C. gramineum-resistant winter wheat germ plasm before field trials.