Tilletia controversa (dwarf bunt of wheat )
Tilletia controversa
dwarf bunt of wheat
Tilletia brevifaciens, Tilletia tritici-anifican
Africa: Algeria, Libya, Tunisia; Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Europe: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; North America: Canada, USA.
CA, CO, ID, IN, KS, MI, MT, NY, OR, UT, WA, WY
2025-08-14
fungus
China
Main: wheat, wheatgrass, barley, rye; Other: grasses (Poaceae species)
TILLCO
Dwarf bunt, caused by Tilletia controversa, is a soilborne and seedborne disease of wheat that poses major quality and trade concerns. Its brown-black teliospores can persist in soil for up to 10 years and are easily spread between fields via contaminated soil, machinery, or infected seed. Infected kernels are replaced with foul-smelling order, even at low infection levels, resulting in significant quality loss.