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 ...

Researchers at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service have released a new spring wheat germplasm line with resistance to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Her arrest put a spotlight on Fusarium graminearum, a harmful pathogen. But while its ...