A new wheat variety released by Oklahoma State University will help eastern and northern Oklahoma farmers combat the small grain fungal disease fusarium head blight, also known as head scab. “It’s not ...

Figure 1. A- Wheat strip rust, B-Septoria leaf spot, and C-Fusarium head blight. Photo credits: PPDL Samples can always be submitted to the Purdue Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab for disease identification ...

Typical premature whitening of a wheat head infected with the fungus that causes Fusarium head blight. (USDA Agricultural Research Service photo) Scientists and farmers are warning that without ...

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is an economically significant disease that affects wheat crops worldwide, posing a serious threat to global food security. Caused primarily by Fusarium graminearum, FHB not ...

CROOKSTON, Minn. — It's an ominous 20th anniversary, but one that bears noting because of the persistence of farmers and plant breeders who fought scab 20 years ago. Their determination produced ...

On May 16, wheat growers and industry professionals gathered for the annual Lahoma Wheat Field Day, held at the Oklahoma State University North Central Research Station in Lahoma, Oklahoma. Attendees ...

Scientists and farmers are warning that without continued research funding, the U.S. will become more vulnerable to the devastating impacts of fusarium head blight, or scab, in wheat and barley. This ...

Area farmers weary from excessive rains that damaged crops are starting to find diseases in their fields. "We started out with a nice, early planting season and with great optimism, but now we're ...

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- The conditions that lessen the threat of yield-reducing wheat scab this season may be a problem in their own way. Scab levels on winter wheat crops appear to be down ...

Stripe rust, a crop disease seldom found in Minnesota and North Dakota, has popped in wheat fields in northwestern Minnesota and elsewhere. But warm weather in late June and early July should prevent ...