Bunt or stinking smut

Causal organism - Tilletia tritici

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Wheat - Field shot showing ears affected with bunt Wheat - Close up of bunt balls and healthy grains Wheat plant affected by bunt showing flag leaf with yellow striping and slightly gaping glumes Close up of wheat ear affected by bunt. Dark bunt balls visible within gaping glumes Close up of a single ear infected with bunt
Wheat - Field shot of combine in field harvesting bunt affected crop with spore cloud (Washington 1956) Wheat - Grain badly contaminated with bunt spores Healthy (right) and bunt infected (left) grain, showing discolouration caused by bunt