Sensitivity of Some Varieties of the Wheat to Covered Smut Disease Cause by Tilletie caries

Abstract

Abstract This study was conducted in the Plant Protection Department - College of Agriculture - University of Anbar for the agricultural season 2022. The study included the cultivation of different wheat varieties (Ibaa 99, Fiyah, Taurus, Croplus, Adana) to find out the extent to which these varieties were affected by covered smut disease in wheat caused by fungus T.caries The results showed the effect of covered smut disease in wheat on varieties in some traits such as infection rate, plant height, chlorophyll concentration, phenols concentration, peroxidase enzyme, number of grains per ear, weight of 1000 grains, number of spikes, total yield, absorbency and percentage of wet gluten.