Wheat diseases
The cereal grain wheat is subject to numerous wheat diseases, including bacterial, viral and fungal diseases, as well as parasitic infestations. == Principal diseases == Barley yellow dwarf virus, BYDV Brown rust Puccinia recondita Common bunt (aka Covered smut) Tilletia caries Ergot Claviceps purpurea Eyespot Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides Glume blotch Septoria nodorum septoria leaf blotch Mycosphaerella graminicola, synonyms: Septoria tritici, Zymoseptoria tritici Mildew Erysiphe graminis Seedling blight Fusarium spp., Septoria nodorum Sharp eyespot Rhizoctonia cerealis Spot blotch Biplolaris sorokiana Take-all Gaeumannomyces graminis Tan spot Pyrenophora tritici-repentis Yellow rust Puccinia striiformis == In Europe == Cereals are at risk from numerous diseases due to the level of intensification necessary for profitable production since the 1970s.