Estimation of Teliospores of Tilletia indica from Field Soil. G. S. Rattan, Assistant Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Breeding, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. S. S. Aujla, and I. Sharma. Senior Pathologist (Wheat), and Assistant Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Breeding, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Plant Dis. 73:804. Accepted for publication 13 February 1989. Copyright 1989 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-73-0804.

Teliospores of Tilletia indica were estimated in the soil by pouring an infested soil suspension through a series of test sieves with pore sizes of 600, 250, 105, 63, and 25 ?m. The residue on the 25-?m sieve was resuspended in water, and teliospores were enumerated under a stereobinocular microscope. Recovery of teliospores ranged from 79.9 to 93.9%. Teliospores were present in all of 50 field soil samples collected in Punjab.

Keyword(s): Neovossia indica.