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1 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, Kabul, AF
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Current Science, Vol 111, No 7 (2016), Pagination: 1133-1133
Abstract
Literally speaking blast means explosion. Wheat blast directly strikes wheat ear and renders grains shrunken, shrivelled and deformed within a week of initial symptoms giving no time to farmers to react. Blast is known to infect many grasses such as rice, wheat, barley, etc. In fact, rice blast has been one of the most important and damaging rice diseases, whereas wheat blast is of relatively recent occurrence.
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