Survey of Major Wheat Diseases in South Eastern Ethiopia

Getnet Muche Abebele; Alemu Ayele Zerihun; Tamirat Negash

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Survey of Major Wheat Diseases in South Eastern Ethiopia

Getnet Muche Abebele, Alemu Ayele Zerihun, Tamirat Negash

Published in Science Research (Volume 9, Issue 4)

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Abstract

Wheat foliar mainly rusts, and root and foot diseases are important biological constraints to wheat production in Ethiopia especially in Arsi and West Arsi - main wheat belt areas of Ethiopia. Both fungal diseases incurred huge economic losses annually. In 2020 main growing season, assessment was carried out with the stress to ascertain the state of major foliar, root and foot diseases of wheat in Arsi and West Arsi zones of Ethiopia. The assessment result showed yellow rust, septoria leaf blotch and stem rust diseases among foliar; fusarium head blight from spike diseases; eyespot and take all from foot and root were found prevalent. The incidence of foliar diseases viz septoria leaf blotch, yellow and stem rust was 100%, 92.7% and 11.8% respectively. While take all and eyespot were observed 52.4% and 48.5% in the same order. Unlike its incidence, maximum disease severity was caused by yellow rust with higher epidemics on Kubsa and Ogolcho varieties that occupied largest volume in assessed farms. Take- all and eyespots were observed on fields where continuous monocropping is practiced with severity ranges of 0-5 and 0-3 respectively. Thus, it is advisable that much works are needed to train producers to use up-to-date released wheat varieties in order to reduce rust diseases and conduct crop rotation and residue management for the control of foot and root diseases thereby decline associated yield losses.

Published in	Science Research (Volume 9, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.sr.20210904.11
Page(s)	46-50
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Yellow Rust, Septoria Leaf Blotch, Stem Rust, FHB, Take-all, Eye Spot

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Getnet Muche Abebele, Alemu Ayele Zerihun, Tamirat Negash. Survey of Major Wheat Diseases in South Eastern Ethiopia. Sci Res. 2021;9(4):46-50. doi: 10.11648/j.sr.20210904.11

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Getnet Muche Abebele

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center, Asella, Ethiopia
Alemu Ayele Zerihun

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center, Asella, Ethiopia
Tamirat Negash

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center, Asella, Ethiopia

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  abstract = {Wheat foliar mainly rusts, and root and foot diseases are important biological constraints to wheat production in Ethiopia especially in Arsi and West Arsi - main wheat belt areas of Ethiopia. Both fungal diseases incurred huge economic losses annually. In 2020 main growing season, assessment was carried out with the stress to ascertain the state of major foliar, root and foot diseases of wheat in Arsi and West Arsi zones of Ethiopia. The assessment result showed yellow rust, septoria leaf blotch and stem rust diseases among foliar; fusarium head blight from spike diseases; eyespot and take all from foot and root were found prevalent. The incidence of foliar diseases viz septoria leaf blotch, yellow and stem rust was 100%, 92.7% and 11.8% respectively. While take all and eyespot were observed 52.4% and 48.5% in the same order. Unlike its incidence, maximum disease severity was caused by yellow rust with higher epidemics on Kubsa and Ogolcho varieties that occupied largest volume in assessed farms. Take- all and eyespots were observed on fields where continuous monocropping is practiced with severity ranges of 0-5 and 0-3 respectively. Thus, it is advisable that much works are needed to train producers to use up-to-date released wheat varieties in order to reduce rust diseases and conduct crop rotation and residue management for the control of foot and root diseases thereby decline associated yield losses.},
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AU  - Tamirat Negash
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AB  - Wheat foliar mainly rusts, and root and foot diseases are important biological constraints to wheat production in Ethiopia especially in Arsi and West Arsi - main wheat belt areas of Ethiopia. Both fungal diseases incurred huge economic losses annually. In 2020 main growing season, assessment was carried out with the stress to ascertain the state of major foliar, root and foot diseases of wheat in Arsi and West Arsi zones of Ethiopia. The assessment result showed yellow rust, septoria leaf blotch and stem rust diseases among foliar; fusarium head blight from spike diseases; eyespot and take all from foot and root were found prevalent. The incidence of foliar diseases viz septoria leaf blotch, yellow and stem rust was 100%, 92.7% and 11.8% respectively. While take all and eyespot were observed 52.4% and 48.5% in the same order. Unlike its incidence, maximum disease severity was caused by yellow rust with higher epidemics on Kubsa and Ogolcho varieties that occupied largest volume in assessed farms. Take- all and eyespots were observed on fields where continuous monocropping is practiced with severity ranges of 0-5 and 0-3 respectively. Thus, it is advisable that much works are needed to train producers to use up-to-date released wheat varieties in order to reduce rust diseases and conduct crop rotation and residue management for the control of foot and root diseases thereby decline associated yield losses.
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
ER  -

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