
Pyrenophora teres is the causal agent of barley net blotch (NB), a disease that can be found in two different forms: net form (NFNB), caused by P. teres f. teres, and spot form (SFNB), caused by P. teres f. maculata. A two-year field experiment was carried out to evaluate the response to NB of six different barley cultivars for malt or feed/food production. In addition, the efficacy of several recently developed foliar fungicides with different modes of action (SDHI, DMI, and QoI) towards the disease was examined. After NB leaf symptom evaluation, the identification of P. teres forms was performed. Grain yield was determined, and pathogen biomass was quantified in the grain by qPCR. In the two experimental years characterized by different climatic conditions, only P. teres f. teres was detected. The tested cultivars showed different levels of NFNB susceptibility. In particular, the two-row cultivars for malt production showed the highest disease incidence. All applied fungicides exhibited a high efficacy in reducing disease symptoms on leaves and pathogen accumulation in grains. In fact, high levels of fungal biomass were detected only in the grain of the untreated malting barley cultivars. For some cultivars, grain yield was positively influenced by the application of fungicides.
<i>Pyrenophora teres</i> f. <i>teres</i>, R, barley, Medicine, <i>Pyrenophora teres</i> f. <i>teres</i>; net blotch; barley; fungicides; field management, field management, net blotch, fungicides, Article
<i>Pyrenophora teres</i> f. <i>teres</i>, R, barley, Medicine, <i>Pyrenophora teres</i> f. <i>teres</i>; net blotch; barley; fungicides; field management, field management, net blotch, fungicides, Article
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