Louisiana wheat producers face early leaf rust outbreak that could cut yields by 25% in state with shrinking acreage.

Backed by the Gates Foundation, the Wheat Disease Early Warning Advisory System is on the front lines, looking for early signals of crop-killing rust infections. When Dave Hodson walked through wheat ...

BELHAVEN, N.C. (WNCT)– After a drop in temperatures and a mix of spring weather, crops in eastern North Carolina, specifically wheat, are experiencing some damage. Wheat stripe rust has appeared in ...

Expertise in viruses and high security containment brought Rothamsted Research into a multinational team that has just won a major battle in the war against a genetically versatile fungal pathogen ...

As the Oklahoma wheat crop matures and starts to head out, disease, insect and drought pressure are becoming evident. Meriem Aoun, Oklahoma State University small grains pathologist, said that in ...

Stripe rust, a crop disease seldom found in Minnesota and North Dakota, has popped in wheat fields in northwestern Minnesota and elsewhere. But warm weather in late June and early July should prevent ...

URBANA, Ill. - As the weather begins to warm up, wheat is beginning to grow at a faster pace. Symptoms of some diseases are also beginning to appear or will likely be appearing soon, says a University ...

Kansas State University wheat disease specialist Kelsey Andersen Onofre said stripe rust and Fusarium head blight continue to be top concerns for Kansas wheat producers. Onofre, who recently gave her ...

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