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Wheat Disease

Wheat field in southeast Nebraska

May 18, 2023

Wheat Disease Update for May 18, 2023

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

Stripe rust

May 10, 2023

Track Stripe and Leaf Rust in Winter Wheat Across Nebraska

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Wheat field day attendees

June 24, 2022

Wheat Disease Update: Overview of the 2022 Growing Season

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

Wheat stem maggot

June 10, 2022

Wheat Disease Update — June 10

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

Wheat streak mosaic

June 9, 2022

Wheat Disease Update: Barley Yellow Dwarf and Wheat Streak Mosaic

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Karen DeBoer - Former Extension Educator

Wheat streak mosaic

May 20, 2022

Wheat Disease Update: May 19

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

Wheat field day attendees

June 18, 2021

Wheat Disease Update

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

Fusarium head blight

June 10, 2021

Trace to Low Levels of Fusarium Head Blight Observed in Wheat Fields in South-central and Southeast Nebraska

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

Stripe rust in a field

June 4, 2021

Wheat Disease Update: Stripe Rust, Leaf Rust, and Fusarium Head Blight

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Flooded wheat field

May 27, 2021

Wheat Disease Update

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Wheat stripe rust map

May 20, 2021

Wheat Disease Update

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

Stripe rust

May 13, 2021

Stripe Rust Confirmed in 11 Counties in Southeast and South-central Nebraska

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator

Ranger alfalfa plants

May 11, 2021

Additional Gram-positive Bacterial Diseases in Nebraska Crop Production

By Bob Harveson - Extension Plant Pathologist, Panhandle Research and Extension Center

Fungal leaf spot

May 6, 2021

Wheat Disease Update

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

Powdery mildew on wheat

April 28, 2021

Scout Wheat Fields for Early Disease Detection

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

wheat grain contaminated with ergots

September 1, 2020

Reducing Yield Loss in Wheat Through Fungicide Seed Treatments

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

wheat variety trial in Nebraska field

September 1, 2020

Winter Wheat Varieties With an East and South Central Nebraska Fit

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator

what leaf rust

June 11, 2020

Wheat Disease Update: June 10

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

wheat showing signs of barley yellow dwarf

June 2, 2020

Wheat Disease Update: June 2

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

stripe rust on wheat

May 28, 2020

Wheat Disease Update: Stripe Rust Confirmed in Nebraska

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist