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Common wheat diseases
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Foliar wheat diseases
The most important leaf diseases of wheat in Michigan include powdery mildew, Stagonosporaleaf and glumeblotch, Septorialeaf blotch, and leaf rust. A serious level of any one of these fungal diseases can cause significant yield loss. Read about the individual diseases; disease development; necessary fungicides in Management of foliar wheat diseases (pdf)
Clarksville wheat variety trials
Visit MSU's Enviro-weather to learn more about the models used for determining wheat diseases. Choose the station located nearest to you and then click on "field crops" on the station's home page.
Fusarium head blight (scab)
Fusarium head blight (FHB), commonly called head scab, is caused by several species of fungi in the genus Fusarium.  FHB is capable of causing a loss of grain yield, but the most significant financial losses result from the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON or vomitoxin) which the fungus produces within infected kernels. Learn an integrated approach for managing FHB by reading Managing Fusarium head blight on wheat (scab), an article published May 2011 at MSUE News for Agriculture.

Wheat variety trials
The Department of Crop and Soil Sciences' annual wheat variety trials can help you identify which diseases are most problematic with each variety. Use this information to guide your disease scouting efforts by comparing varieties with our easy-to-read graphs.

  

 

  
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05/30/11