Ustilago tritici (Persoon) Rostrup, 1890
loose smut of wheat
on Triticum
gall
The entire ears is dusted black with smut spores, the seeds are totally destroyed. The sori are naked from the moment they are recognisable. De spores are unitary, brown, 5-7 x 6-9 µm; their wall is densely verrucose.
host plants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Aegilops cylindrica, geniculata, kotschyi, neglecta, triuncialis; Secale cereale, sylvestre; Triticum aestivum & subsp. spelta, monococcum, turgidum & subsp. dicoccon + durum + polonicum.
synonyms
Ustilago vavilovi Jaczewski, 1925.
notes
worldwide pest in wheat cultivation “loose smut” (Wilcoxson & Saari)
references
Almaraz (1998a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Ivić, Sever, Scheuer & Lutz (2013a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Kabaktepe & Akata (2019a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), Llorens i Villagrasa (1984a), McTaggart, Shivas, Geering, Vánky & Scharaschkin (2012b), Navarro, Honrubia & Torres (1986a), Nielsen (1985a), Savchenko & Heluta (2012a), Tóth (1994a), Unamuno (1941b, 1942a), Vanderweyen & Fraiture (2014a), Vánky (1994a), Vánky & Abbasi (2013a), Wilcoxson & Saari (1996a), Woods, Chater, Smith ao (2018a), Zwetko (1993a).