"Plant disease - cereal smut diseases and their control" by W P. Cass Smith

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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3

Article Title

Plant disease - cereal smut diseases and their control

Authors

W P. Cass Smith, Department of AgricultureFollow

Keywords

Western Australia, Cereal smut disease, Cereal smut

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ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

The well-known smut diseases of wheat, oats and barley are caused by fungal parasites which produce masses of soot-like fungal seeds or spores in the plants they attack, and it is from this dark coloured spore material that the name "smut" is derived.

Recommended Citation

Cass Smith, W P. (1954) "Plant disease - cereal smut diseases and their control," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3: Vol. 3: No. 3, Article 15.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture3/vol3/iss3/15

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