大约从1930年以来,在英国,由于逐渐普及种子处理乃使小麦腥黑穗病成为较少见的病害.20世纪50年代中期剑桥国家种样测定站收到的小麦种样中含有的腥黑穗菌孢子球不及0.3%,比20年代中期的10%大为下降.但是,近年来农业开发咨询部门(ADAS)的植病学家注意到腥黑穗的为害有增长趋势,引起小麦增产效益下降. Tilting wheat has become a less common disease in the United Kingdom since 1930, due to the gradual popularization of seed treatments. The blackness contained in the wheat samples received by the Cambridge National Sample Measurement Station in the mid-1950s Spore spores less than 0.3% were significantly lower than the 10% of the mid-2030s However, in recent years, phytologists in the Department of Agricultural Development Consulting (ADAS) have noticed an increase in the damage caused by black smoked ears and increased yield of wheat decline.