Highly favorable environmental conditions for Fusarium head blight (FHB)/scab occurred all spring. Many wheat varieties have moderate resistance that help can reduce the risk of sever disease, and ...

Scientists and farmers are warning that without continued research funding, the U.S. will become more vulnerable to the ...

Fusarium head blight, commonly called head scab, destroyed billions of dollars worth of wheat crops in the 1990s and is eating away at yields this year. A Purdue breeding project has produced a wheat ...

Head scab, or Fusariam head blight, is caused by the fungus Gibberella zeae, also known as Fusarium graminearum, which is harbored in corn residue. In corn, the fungus causes ear and stalk rots, and ...

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is considered to be one of the most devastating diseases of wheat and barley worldwide. Multiple outbreaks of FHB have affected Delaware growers over the past decade, most ...

Head scab affects wheat and other small grains and is most common in wheat crops planted after corn crops. Corn residue is a major source of the disease, which poses the biggest threat during high ...

After the horrible wheat scab year in Missouri in 2015, the state's farmers and their crop advisors are watching maturing wheat with worry this spring. But no matter how antsy a farmer might ...

But this year, Wiechert is doing big business after harvest: cleaning fungus off wheat so farmer... CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dave Wiechert of Nashville, Illinois, does good ...

Fusarium head blight, otherwise known as head scab, is showing up in winter wheat fields this year. News Sports Packers Business Go 920! Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals ...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Untimely rainfall has led to an epidemic of a toxic fungal disease in some fields of winter wheat, reducing yields and quality just as harvest gets under way in the nation's ...

Wheat harvest has begun in Southern Indiana. Fusarium head blight (FHB) or scab is one of the most important diseases of wheat and most challenging to prevent. In addition, FHB infection can cause the ...

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.