Chemical Seed Treatments for Control of Barley Leaf Stripe in California. T. R. Gordon, Postgraduate Research Plant Pathologist, University of California, Davis 95616. R. K. Webster, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, L. F. Jackson, Agronomist, Agronomy and Range Science Extension, and D. H. Hall, Extension Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis 95616. Plant Dis. 69:474-477. Accepted for publication 14 December 1984. Copyright 1985 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-69-474.

Barley leaf stripe, a seedborne disease caused by Drechslera graminea, has become a serious problem in the absence of an effective seed treatment. For this reason, field trials were conducted during three consecutive harvest years (1982–1984) to identify a suitable seed treatment for control of barley leaf stripe. Several fungicides tested provided a high level of disease control. Three of these, imazalil, CGA-64251, and iprodione, gave nearly complete control of barley stripe without phytotoxicity.