September 11, 2025
Wheat Stem Sawfly Update: New GDD Tool to Track Spring Flight
By Vinicius Zuppa - Assistant Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ruby Collins - Extension Educator, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist
Published: July 12, 2019 | Updated: June 19, 2024
Reasons You Will Want to Control Volunteer Wheat and Weeds in Wheat Stubble After Harvest
By Robert Klein - Emeritus Extension Professor, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Gary Hein - Former Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist
September 3, 2025
High Risks of Wheat Streak Mosaic Disease Complex from Hailstorms: Control Volunteer Wheat Before Planting Wheat
By Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist, Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator, Gary Hein - Former Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program
June 20, 2025
Late-season Rust Observed in Eastern Nebraska Wheat; Limited Yield Impact Expected
By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic
June 13, 2025
Stripe Rust Expands in Nebraska Wheat Fields; Leaf Rust Remains Isolated
By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic
June 12, 2025
Wheat Stem Maggot: A Cover Crop to Corn Pest
By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Travis J. Prochaska - Extension Educator, Ron Seymour - Extension Educator, Talon Mues - Extension Educator
June 6, 2025
Leaf Rust Emerges as Wheat Variety Tour Days Kick Off Across Nebraska
By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Janis Fomba - Graduate Research Assistant, Sujan Gautam - Graduate Research Assistant, Sabina Paudel - Research Technologist
June 5, 2025
Fusarium Head Blight Risk Rising in Nebraska: What Growers Need to Know
By Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Vinicius Zuppa - Assistant Extension Educator
May 30, 2025
Disease Severity Varies as Risk of Fusarium Head Blight Rises in Nebraska
By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
May 23, 2025
First Signs of Stripe Rust Detected in Southeast Nebraska Wheat Fields
By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
