Symptom : Greyish white powdery growth appears on the leaf , sheath, stem and floral parts. Powdery growth later become black lesion and cause drying of leaves and other parts. LIFE CYCLE Management: Management: Spray Wettable sulphur 0.2% or Carbendazim @ 500

Symptom : The entire inflorescence, except the rachis, is replaced by masses of smut spores. These black teliospores often are blown away by the wind, leaving only the bare rachis and remnants of other floral structures. LIFE CYCLE Management: Management: Trea

Source of Microscopic images: Diseases of small grain cereal crops- A colour handbook by TD Murray, DW Parry and ND Cattlin

Symptom : Pustules (containing masses of urediospores) are dark reddish brown - occur on both sides of the leaves, on the stems, and on the spikes Pustules are usually separate and scattered, heavy infections -coalesce Prior to pustule formation, "flecks" may

Symptom : The postules are circular or slightly elliptical, smaller than those of stem rust, usually do not coalesce, and contain masses of orange to orange-brown Urediospores Infection sites primarily are found on the upper surfaces of leaves and leaf sheaths