GrainGenes: Pathology

Pathology

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Diseases
- Rusts
- Fusarium head blight
Crops

Rusts
Fusarium head blight
- U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative
- Global Fusarium Initiative
Wheat
- WWW Documents
  - Wheat Diseases and Pests: A Guide for Field Identification
    Describes over 50 major wheat and triticale diseases, insect pests, nematodes, physiologic and genetic disorders, and mineral and environmental stresses. Includes over 100 full-color pictures. Courtesy of CIMMYT
  - Literature on Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat
  - Stripe rust in North America, 1968-87
- Information from other Internet sites
  - ScabUSA - The US Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative (USWBSI)
    This website supports the USWBSI, a multidisciplinary and multi-institution effort to quickly develop control measures that minimize the threat of Fusarium head blight (scab).
  - fusarium-net.org
    The website of the Global Fusarium Initiative (GFI), a platform for international collaboration on Fusarium head blight.
  - Fusarium Head Blight (Scab)
    Information at the USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory.
  - Recent Advances in Wheat Head Scab Research in China
    The ARS's National Agricultural Library and the Mycotoxin Research Unit jointly funded this web-based review of recent research in China and includes sections on pathogen biology, resistance, disease control and provides several links to other Fusarium projects worldwide.
  - Wheat Pathology Documents on the WWW
    WWW-formatted and Adobe PDF files on wheat diseases, pests, and pathogens from various locations.
  - Common names of wheat diseases
    From the American Phytopathological Society.
  - Karnal Bunt
    From the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service.
Barley
- GrainGenes Database Queries
  - Powdery mildew resistance genes
- WWW Documents
  - Barley Journal
    Montana State University, Montana Agriculture Experiment Station. Contains information on barley performance within the state.
  - Barley Pathology Documents on the WWW
    WWW-formatted and Adobe PDF files on barley diseases, pests, and pathogens from various locations.
Cross-species
- WWW Documents
  - Small Grains Pathology Documents on the WWW
    WWW-formatted and Adobe PDF files on small grains diseases, pests, and pathogens from various locations.
- Information from other Internet sites
  - USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory
    From the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, the CDL aims to "prevent epidemics of rust diseases of wheat, barley, and oat through effective use of resistance". Publications, Cereal Rust Bulletins, images, research data are available.
  - Small Grains Diseases and Pathogens
    Common names of wheat, barley, rye, oats, and sugarcane diseases and their corresponding scientific names. From the American Phytopathological Society.
  - American Crop Protection Association
    Representing companies that produce and distribute the active compounds used in crop protection chemicals.
  - American Phytopathological Society
    An online service of APS with registration, publication, meeting and career information.
  - APS Press Online Catalog
    Takes you to all of the media resources commercially available from the American Phytopathological Society, with ordering information.
  - British Society for Plant Pathology
    Info about BSPP membership, meetings, conferences, publications, content list for Plant Pathology, related links.
  - International Society for Plant Pathology
  - APS Press Pathology Books
    Various books on cereal pathology, broken down by crop, from the American Phytopathological Society.
  - Kansas State University Fact Sheets
    Includes many articles relating to the small grains.
  - Kansas State University Plant Disease Alerts
    Includes many articles relating to the small grains.
  - North Carolina Cooperative Extension Publications for Pest Control
    A listing of plant pathology articles broken down by crop.
  - Texas Plant Disease Handbook
    From plant pathologists at the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Covers all of the higher plants, not just the cereals.


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Pathology

Rusts

Fusarium head blight

Wheat

Barley

Cross-species