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 ...

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 ...

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 ...