Plant Health Progress
Assessing Seed Transmission Rate and Efficacy of Seed Applied Plant Protection for Bacterial Leaf Streak in Hard Red Spring Wheat
Bacterial leaf streak (BLS) caused by Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa is a difficult to manage disease that is seed borne. Damage from BLS can lead to significant yield loss in hard red spring wheat (HRSW) resulting in management being a high priority for growers. To increase our understanding of BLS management in HRSW, experiments were conducted to (1) Evaluate BLS seed transmission rate of HRSW varieties under greenhouse and field conditions, and (2) Assess the efficacy of seed treatments on BLS incidence an …