Minnesota Crop News

Small Grains Disease and Pest Update 06/22/22

This weekend’s record-breaking heat stalled the risk of initial infections of most all of the foliar fungal pathogens and Fusarium Head Blight.  As temperatures have dropped from their record highs and a couple of cold fronts have resulted in widespread thunderstorms across the northern half of Minnesota, the risk of initial infections of tan spot and leaf rust is increasing again. A quick check of your pant legs at 10:00 in the morning or 9:00 at night will be very telling – if you end up with wet pant legs you probably are encountering long enough leaf wetness periods for either disease to start.

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