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Fusarium blight
Fusarium graminearum

Fusarium blight (Fusarium graminearum) is a fungal pathogen of corn, wheat, barley and rice. It was first detected in Virginia in 1987.

Infested grain can cause large yield losses and often produces a toxin that is harmful to both humans and livestock.
News

07/30/2020 - Alberta modernizing its approach to managing fusarium
07/30/2020 - Alta. removes fusarium from pest act
07/30/2020 - Fusarium can be managed if we work together
07/30/2020 - Fusarium posing major problem for Manitoba crops
07/30/2020 - Late-Season Wheat Diseases: Be on the Lookout for Fusarium Hea...
07/30/2020 - Mapping of Major Fusarium Head Blight Resistance from Canadian...
07/30/2020 - Weather is conducive to head scab
07/30/2020 - Wheat School: Hitting fusarium on the head for optimum control
05/14/2020 - New tool developed to resist Fusarium head blight in wheat
03/17/2020 - New use found for unregistered bio-fungicide
03/04/2020 - Still no magic bullet for fusarium head blight
01/21/2020 - Fusarium levels higher in '19 but manageable
01/21/2020 - New fungicide offers wide fusarium head blight spray window
01/16/2020 - New International Partnership to Identify and Develop Resistan...
01/14/2020 - Canadian Wheat Research Coalition Commits Over $9.6 Million To...
01/08/2020 - Careful grain sampling key when looking for mycotoxins
01/08/2020 - USDA: Weather biggest variable for wheat fungus
01/06/2020 - Germplasms, genetics and genomics for better control of disast...
12/10/2019 - Survey reveals crucial data on Fusarium head blight
12/04/2019 - Survey Reveals Crucial Data on Fusarium Head Blight
11/11/2019 - OMAFRA REPORT: Inside Fusarium Head Blight testing in Ontario ...
10/15/2019 - Use of Botanicals to Suppress Different Stages of the Life Cyc...
10/14/2019 - Perspective from the PPDL: Leaf Spots and Stalk Rots with Mold...
10/03/2019 - Risk versus reward in the quest for higher corn yields
10/01/2019 - Stalk Quality Concerns Widespread in Areas of Nebraska
09/17/2019 - Fall Strategies for Wheat Disease Management to Reduce Yield L...
08/02/2019 - The rains came and crop disease pathogens couldn't be happier
07/16/2019 - Wheat School: Don't be too eager to spray for fusarium
07/11/2019 - Fusarium head blight takes hold in wheat fields
07/11/2019 - Head scab found in area wheat
06/28/2019 - Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) of Wheat: Things to Consider When ...
06/20/2019 - Fusarium head blight takes hold in Kansas wheat fields
06/20/2019 - Fusarium Head Blight Taking Hold in Winter Wheat Fields
06/13/2019 - 20-year study IDs Fusarium head blight resistance
06/11/2019 - Twenty-Year Study Nets Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight
06/05/2019 - UK Plant Pathologist To Kentucky Farmers: Check For Head Scab ...
06/03/2019 - Resistance to Fusarium head blight holding in Illinois, study ...
06/03/2019 - Resistance to Fusarium head blight holding in Illinois, study ...
05/15/2019 - 2018 delivered many DON lessons for corn
05/14/2019 - Eleven things you can do to help avoid fusarium head blight
05/10/2019 - Fusarium Head Blight Update in Wheat
05/03/2019 - Foliar Diseases of Wheat and Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) Manag...
02/07/2019 - Seed treatments, fungicide can help increase wheat yield
01/24/2019 - New bacteria strain isolated to reduce zearalenone
11/16/2018 - Farmers ready to get political in 2019
10/08/2018 - Fungal Diseases that Can Impact Soybean Pod and Seed Quality
09/21/2018 - Plan now for the 2019 wheat crop
08/30/2018 - Scab returns to Upper Midwest
08/03/2017 - Researcher Studies the Bumps and Bruises of Scabby Seed
09/05/2014 - An Overview of Corn Ear Rots
06/20/2014 - Dealing With DON in Wheat
Related Pages

Purdue Extension Diseases of Corn
Purdue Extension Diseases of Wheat
Maps

Fusarium Head Blight Update in Wheat
Foliar Diseases of Wheat and Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) Management