The Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus (SBWMV) is transmitted by the fungus Polymyxa graminis. To evaluate the incidence and the disease index (DI%) and the presence of the vector in the root system, an experiment was carried out using: oat (Avena strigosa and A. sativa), barley (Hordeum vulgare), triticale (Triticum secale), wheat (Triticum aestivum), Lilium multiforum, mayze (Zea mays), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), Pannisetum americanum, Digitaria sp. and Brachiaria sp. The experiment was conducted during two sowing periods. Incidence was calculated based on the percentage of the symptomatic plants and grades (0-5) were given to determine the DI (%). Root segments were collected, then stained with solution of cotton blue-lactofenol and visualized in optical microscope. The quantity of resting spores groups was rated. No symptoms were observed on oat species, however, the presence of resting spores in moderate quantities was observed on barley. The incidence and DI (%) for the triticale and wheat in the first sowing period were higher than in the second one. A direct relationship between DI (%) and the quantity of resting spores on root was observed. No symptoms of SBWMV or resting spores in the root system of summer grasses were observed.
