Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Diseases in wheat crops-an introduction--2. Stem rust--3.Wheat leaf rust--4.Resistance to stripe rust in wheat: pathogen biology driving resistance breeding--5. Wheat powdery mildew--6. Wheat resistance to spot blotch or foliar blight--7. Resistance breeding for tan spot(Pyrenophora tritici-repentis)--8. Resistance in wheat to septoria diseases caused by Mycosphaerella graminicola(Septoria tritici) and Phaeosphaeria(Stagonospora) nodorum--9.Resistance in wheat to loose smut--10. Resistance in wheat to Karnal Bunt--11. Common Bunt of wheat: an old foe remains a current threat--12.Resistance to head blight caused by Fusarium spp. in wheat--13. Resistance of wheat to viral disease--14. Flag smut of wheat-pathogen biology and host resistance--15. Resistance in wheat to nematode diseases.