loose smut

(Plant Pathology) a disease of cereal grasses caused by smut fungi of the genus Ustilago, in which powdery spore masses replace the host tissue

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Noun	1.	loose smut - disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores smut - destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
	2.	loose smut - a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores smut fungus, smut - any fungus of the order Ustilaginales genus Ustilago, Ustilago - type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts

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The major causes of reduction of wheat yield in Pakistan include seed-borne Stagonospora, common bunt (stinking smut) and loose smut. Leafand head blight diseases are Powdery mildew, leaf rust, leaf blotch (Septoria tritici), Stagonospora (Septoria) nodorum leaf, glumes blotch and Fusarium head scab [8, 9].

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Many diseases of economically important crops are seed-borne like bakanae disease of rice (Fusarium moniliforme Sheld), loose smut [Ustilago tritici (Pers.) Rostrup], flag smut (Urocystis tritici Koern.), karnal bunt [Neovossia indica (Mitra) Mundkar] and ear cockle of wheat (Anguillulina tritici Gerv.

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The findings of the present study corroborates with the study of Prabhu and Prasada (1970) who reported the elimination of Alternaria triticina at 52-5 40C for 1 0 min while seed borne infection of loose smut was eliminated at 55.50C for 10 minutes.

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Goldeneye has shown field resistance to barley loose smut [caused by Ustilago nuda (Jens.) Rostr.], and covered smut [caused by Ustilago hordei (Pers.) Lagerh.].

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