Alyssa K. Betts, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Another season has flown by. We saw some elevated levels of Fusarium head blight in 2025, a little lower than 2024, but more than the few years prior. While we won’t know… Continue Reading
Alyssa K. Betts, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Wheat has been actively flowering and brought some intermittent rain earlier this week. In coastal Sussex we are currently at medium to high risk for FHB in very susceptible varieties (Figure 1),… Continue Reading
Alyssa K. Betts, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Wheat is just approaching flowering. Conditions have been dry, and we are at low to moderate disease risk in susceptible wheat based on the FHB Risk Model (Figure 1). The forecast has… Continue Reading
Alyssa K. Betts, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Barley heading is getting close, and wheat is approaching flag leaf. We are currently at low risk across most of the state and medium risk along coastal Sussex in the Fusarium Risk… Continue Reading
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
