Weather-based empirical model to predict infective sporidial stage of Tilletia indica during wheat crop season.

摘要

Field experiments conducted in Ludhiana, Punjab, India evalauted the correlations between critical components of weather (temperature and relative humidity), survival of the free living stage (sporidial colony) and amount of sporidia produced (infective stage) by Tilletia indica on wheat. Data were used to understand the epidemiology of Karnal bunt disease and develop a dynamic forecasting model.