Epidemic of yellow dwarf virus diseases in cereal growing areas and their controlYellow dwarf virus (YDVs) diseases are one of the most important diseases which have reduced crop yield and quality in the cereal growing areas by causing epidemics from time to time on all over the world as well as in Turkey. Just as prevailing in some potential cereal producer provinces of Turkey as well as in Edirne, Kırklareli and Tekirdağ provinces of Trakya Region during the year of 2016, yellow dwarf virus epidemic diseases were taken place. Those virus diseases in cereal fields have become widespread especially in wheat fields which have reduced the yield and quality and caused economic losses. Survey studies were conducted and observation on YDVs disease epidemics in cereal fields especially in Edirne, Kırklareli and Tekirdağ provinces. At least 187 plant leaf samples were collected from the symptomatic winter bread wheat, barley and oat plants exhibiting yellowing, dwarfing, reddish symptoms and signs in the cereal growing areas. So, beside 138 bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), 19 barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and 10 oat (Avena sativa L.) leaf samples, 20 samples were obtained from the perennial Poaceae weed host common reed (Phragmites austrialis (Cav.) Trin ex. Steudel). Barley yellow dwarf virus-PAV (BYDV-PAV), Barley yellow dwarf virus-MAV (BYDV-MAV) and Cereal yellow dwarf virus-RPV (CYDV-RPV) from YDVs were searched by employing double antibody sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA) test. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test was implemented for suspected leaf samples. As a result of DAS-ELISA and RT-PCR tests, 89 out of 187 leaf samples at the rate of 47.59% were found infected with BYDV-PAV. As 30 samples at the rate of 16.04% had CYDV-RPV and 4 of 187 leaf samples at rate of 2.14% were infected with BYDV-MAV viruses individually. Merely 14 out of 187 leaf samples at the rate of 48% were found infected with these tested YDVs (BYDV-PAV, BYDV-MAV and CYDV-RPV) as mixed infections. During the year of 2016, YDVs infections were determined at the highest level of incidence rate being 36.89% in the cereal growing areas of Edirne province. As in Kırklareli, YDVs incidence