 CAUSAL ORGANISM-

Tilletia indica
 NAME OF THE DISEASE-
Indian bunt of wheat; new bunt; partial bunt of
wheat
 The disease is sometimes called partial bunt
because only part of the kernel usually is affected.
 HOST – Triticum vulgare
 Domain – Eukaryota
 Kingdom – Fungi
 Phylum – Basidiomycota
 Subphylum –
Ustilaginomycotina
 Classs – Ustilaginomycetes
 Subclass –
Exobasidiomycetidae
 Order – Tilletiales
 Family – Tilletiaceae
 Genus – Tilletia
 Species – Tilletia indica
 IN WORLD
Asia, Africa, North and South america,
Europe
 IN INDIA
Uttar pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal
pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya pradesh.
 Primary spread of disease – the leaves of
monocotyledons appeared to support
sporidial survival.
 Secondary spread of infection – seed borne
and soil borne disease.
 High humidity favours this disease.
 Temperature ranges from [8-23degree
celcius]
 Frequent rainfall favours disease
development.
 High dose of nitrogen.
 Close planting favours pathogen attack.
 The fungus causes a reduction in the length
of ears as well as in the number of spikelets
of bunted ears.
 Infected plants may be dwarfed.
 In general,Tellecia indica rarely infects more
than a few spikelets per ear and then the
affected grains are not swollen.
 Oblong or ovoid sori, 1-3mm diameter,
develop , containing dusty ,brown to black
spore masses.
 The smell of decaying fish on grains.
 In advanced attack , tissues along the suture
and adjacent endosperm are replaced by
spores.
 Both glumes and grains may fall to the
ground.
 Teliospores are dark reddish to coppery , dull
brown or dark brown, some spores typically
black ,globose to subglobose.
 Occasionally with a mycelial fragment
attached ,24-47 micrometer diameter
exospore with thick , truncate ,compact
projections.
 Use of healthy seed.
 Seed treatement – bvastin or thiram.
 Crop rotation.
 Summer ploughing.
 Green manuring.
 No irrigation at the time of flowering.
 Spray – tilt or bavastin .
 Use disease tolerance varieties – PBW- 154,
PBW -533, HD – 2227, C- 306 , UP – 368.