Meriem Aoun, Small Grains Pathologist Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology Oklahoma State University As we start the new wheat season in Oklahoma, some disease management strategies can be made this fall to reduce damage later in the season including cultural practices, genetic resistance, and chemical control. Planting date: Much of the winter wheat sown in [ Read More ]

Meriem Aoun, Small Grains Pathologist Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University During the last two weeks of May, high incidence and severity of leaf spotting diseases (mainly spot blotch and Septoria tritici blotch) were observed in multiple wheat fields in Oklahoma (Figure 1). These diseases were favored by the abundant rainfall during [ Read More ]

Meriem Aoun, Small Grains Pathologist Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University Root rots were the primary diseases observed this week (May 8-9) in wheat fields and research trials in Cherokee (Alfalfa County), Alva (Woods County), and Lahoma (Garfield County). Infected plants were stunted, white, with discolored roots and stems. Peeling leaf sheaths [ Read More ]