stripe rust

Syngenta is out with a new AgriPro wheat seed variety that company officials say will help with consistent performance. In early-September, Syngenta announced AP Venom, an AgriPro brand hard Red Spring Wheat that has been tested for both spring and falling plantings. ...

As winter wheat harvest has started across the Inland Northwest, Washington State University is warning growers of spring varieties to be on the lookout for Stripe Rust. Stripe rust has reached 100% severity on susceptible varieties of spring wheat in the school's experimental fields across the state ...

Based on weather data from November 1st to February 29th, Washington State University is forecasting the stripe rust level to reach the severe epidemic level this growing season for the inland Northwest. Dr. Xianming Chen says he predicts highly susceptible varieties to have 44% to 53% loss this growing season. Th ...

Thanks to the weather we saw in the last two months of 2019, wheat growers will need to be very vigilant in 2020.  According to Washington State University’s Dr. Xianming Chen stripe rust in the 2020 wheat growing season is forecasted to be in the severe epidemic level range, which means 40% to 60% yield loss.  Yield lo...

This year was the first season on the market for Washington State University’s newest spring wheat variety, Ryan.  Mike Pumphrey Chair of WSU’s Spring Wheat, Breeding and Genetics, said the wheat farming community has whole heartedly accepted Ryan.   “Grower...

This year was the first season on the market for Washington State University’s newest spring wheat variety, Ryan.  Mike Pumphrey Chair of WSU’s Spring Wheat, Breeding and Genetics, said the wheat farming community has whole heartedly accepted Ryan.   “Growers lo...

Washington State University researchers say Stripe Rust is developing in experimental fields on the Palouse.  Dr. Xianming Chen reported late last week that strip rust was found in all of the school’s experimental winter wheat fields around Pullman.  He noted...

At this point, it doesn’t look like strip rust is a major problem for Northwest wheat growers.  In his most recent Stripe Rust forecast, released Thursday, Dr. Xianming Chen, USDA-ARS Plant Pathologist, said the late winter snow cover and low temperatures combined to reduce overwintering survival of the stripe rust pathogen.  Meaning ...

While there have been few reports of strip rust this season, Washington State University is reminding growers to remain vigilant.  According Dr. Xianming Chen, most winter wheat fields are past the flowering stage and the threat of stripe rust remains relatively low.  Sp...

According to the latest stripe rust forecast by Washington State University, levels across the Northwest remain low, but levels of stripe rust are starting to increase.  While stripe rust has been reported in some locations, the frequency is low, espeically when compared to last year's figures.  Th...