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Wheat,Triticum aestivum L. cv. Mexipak was artificially inoculated withAnguina tritici (Steinb.) under field conditions. Nematode inocula: 0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 g of seed galls/50 seeds or, germinated seeds of wheat (sown in a 1-m long row) were either added as intact seed galls or as a suspension of 2nd stage juveniles. Inoculation of ungerminated seeds with juveniles produced the highest incidence of ear-cockle disease. Whereas, intact seed galls inocula produced the highest incidence of tundu disease. Ear-cockle incidence was always greater than that of tundu at all treatments. The highest reduction in grain yield was associated with the treatments that caused the highest incidence of tundu disease.
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Fattah, F.A. Effects of inoculation methods on the incidence of ear-cockle and ‘tundu’ on wheat under field conditions. Plant Soil 109, 195–198 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02202084
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