Powdery mildew, caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (syn. Erysiphe graminis) is an obligate, host specific fungus that attacks wheat exclusively. The pathogen reduces photosynthesis and increases respiration and transpiration rates in host leaves. Colonized plants lose vigor, impairing heading and grain filling. Heavily colonized leaves can be killed prematurely.
Powdery mildew produces a white to gray cottony fungal growth on the upper leaf surface. This disease may occur on any above ground plant part, but it is usually most prevalent on the upper surface of the lower leaves. The conspicuous white to gray patches of fungus appear early in the growing season. In Georgia, depending on the growing area, variety planted, and environmental conditions, the disease usually occurs from February to May. The white powdery patches or pustules produce large quantities of small asexual conidia (also called oidia) in long chains, which are easily dislodged by wind or rain. When powdery mildew is severe, the entire leaf turns yellow and dies. Small, black fungal fruiting bodies (cleistothecia) may be seen immersed in the gray fungal tissue later in the season (Figure 6). Powdery mildew can cause severe blighting of the upper leaves and can attack the head of susceptible varieties.
Powdery mildew is usually the first leaf disease to appear in the spring because the disease is favored by temperatures between 50 degrees and 70 degrees F (10 degrees C and 21 degrees C). The disease usually declines after flowering, when temperatures rise above 75 degrees F (24 degrees C). Powdery mildew can infect plants in the fall and survive in the invaded tissue during the winter. Early infection can result in reduced tillering of susceptible varieties. Thus, spores may come from earlier infections within the field or from fields farther away. Dense stands, high nitrogen fertility, and rapid plant growth increase susceptibility. Under such conditions a variety listed as having “good” resistance may become heavily infected. As the stem elongates and temperatures increase, conditions become less favorable for powdery mildew.
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