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 ...

As we approach heading and flowering time in wheat, early flowering is the time to consider spraying fungicides to protect wheat from Fusarium Head Blight (FHB, or scab). Dr. Darcy Telenko, Purdue ...

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 ...

Roseau, Minnesota, farmer Richard Magnusson remembers all too well the year 1993, when his fields of wheat became so infected with Fusarium head blight that the best thing to do was set fire to the ...

After praying for the moisture to carry the High Plains wheat crop through to an abundant harvest, some have received more rainfall than they bargained for, leading to a significant risk of fusarium ...

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 ...

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 ...

This study is led by Professor Weizhen Liu (School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China). The authors proposed a deep learning algorithm named ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wheat infected by *_Fusarium_*, a toxic fungus, has kernels that appear white with orange at the base. Klaus-Dietmar ...

CHICAGO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Dave Wiechert of Nashville, Illinois, does good business most years cleaning seed for farmers in preparation for planting season. But this year, Wiechert is doing big ...