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Small Grains Disease Updates

April 25, 2025lyndsie

Alyssa K. Betts, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Barley heading is underway, and wheat has reached flag leaf. Wheat heads will soon become visible. Depending on the weather, flowers will start to show up on wheat heads 3-5 days after… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 33:7, barley, Small grain disease

Small Grain Disease Resources

April 11, 2025lyndsie

Alyssa K. Betts, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu This week barley is around flag leaf and approaching heading while wheat is ranging from Feekes 6-8. This week has been colder, with hopefully the final frost. The frost Wednesday morning was… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 33:5, barley, barley yellow dwarf virus, disease resources, fusarium head blight, small grain

Agronomic Crop Insect Scouting

September 27, 2024lyndsie

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Small Grains Wheat and barley will soon be going in the ground. Crops planted before the ‘Fly Free Date’ (October 3 for New Castle, October 8 for Kent, and October 10 for Sussex) may benefit… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 32:39, aphids, barley, Hessian fly, wheat

Small Grains Disease Management: Preparing for 2022

September 24, 2021kgyoung

Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Hard to believe we are already approaching the end of September. Fungal disease pressure in small grains ended up being quite low for 2021, with very few cases of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB).… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 29:27, barley, barley yellow dwarf virus, small grain, small grain diseases, wheat

Harvest Aids for Wheat and Feed Barley

June 11, 2021kgyoung

Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu There have been a few calls about harvest aids for small grains due to poor weed control. There are only a few options available as harvest aides for wheat and feed barley. These include… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 29:12, barley, small grain, wheat

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