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Background
Karnal
bunt is a fungal disease of wheat and triticale (a hybrid of wheat and
rye). The disease is caused by the fungus Tilletia indica Mitra,
also known as Neovossia indica. Typically, only a portion of
the wheat kernel is affected; this is why the disease is sometimes called
partial bunt. This disease is influenced by weather and climatic conditions
- the most severe infections occur when there is cool and wet weather
at the time the wheat is heading out. The disease was discovered in
1931 in the city of Karnal in northern India. The disease has been found
in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Mexico (since the early 1980's), Nepal,
Syria, and a few places in the United States.
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Strategic Plan (PDF; 179 Kb) |
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View the Strategic Plan outlining the critical issues that would need to be addressed to overcome KB as a pest of quarantine concern.
Program Manual (PDF; 3.60 Mb)
Karnal Bunt: A Fungal Disease of Wheat
Regulation, Federal Register Notices, and Forms
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Compensation Forms
- Federal Register Notices
- Recent Changes in regulated areas within the United States (PDF; 65 Kb)
- Recent Changes in countries, or areas within countries, that may ship wheat and triticale to the United States
- Regulated Areas