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 ...

FARGO, N.D. -- The worst disease outbreak in more than a decade could force wheat farmers in Minnesota and North Dakota to change their planting plans next year, agriculture experts say. Record wet ...

Wheat farmers across the midwest, including Nebraska, are likely facing low yields due to two diseases — stripe rust and head scab. Robert Klein, western Nebraska crops specialist at the West Central ...

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 ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Plant experts are predicting a widespread outbreak of wheat scab, a fungus that withers the grain and produces a chemical that can sicken humans and livestock. Wheat scab, also ...

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 ...

DuPont Crop Protection announces a label expansion for Prevathon insecticide into cereal crops, including wheat, other small grains and sorghum. Environmental Protection Agency registration for use on ...

Rainy, wet conditions will favor many fungal diseases in wheat. Already our southern neighbors have started reporting multiple diseases in wheat. These include – strip rust and Septoria leaf spot. A ...