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Causal organism - Cephalosporium gramineum
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The disease is known to affect wheat, barley, oats, rye and many other grass species.
Affected plants are usually randomly scattered through the crop. Affected tillers usually have a single distinct bright yellow stripe on each leaf which extends onto the leaf sheath. All leaves on a tiller usually show symptoms but not all tillers on a plant show symptoms. The vascular tissue at the nodes are frequently discoloured. Tillers can ripen prematurely and produce whiteheads.
