Bockus, W.W. and N.A. Tisserat. 2000. Take-all root rot. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI:10.1094/PHI-I-2000-1020-01.
Updated, 2005.

DISEASE:  Take-all root rot

PATHOGEN:  Gaeumannomyces graminis

HOSTS:  small grains (wheat, barley, oats), weedy and wild grasses, and bentgrasses (creeping, colonial, velvet).

Authors
William W. Bockus, Kansas State University
Ned A. Tisserat, Kansas State University
University location

Take-all is an important root disease of cereal crops and bentgrasses throughout the world. The study of this disease has contributed much to our understanding of biological control of root pathogens.