stripe rust

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...

Although stripe rust pressure is relatively low across the Inland Northwest for this time of year, growers still need to pay attention to the disease.  Washington State University is warning rust can develop quickly under rust-favorable conditions.  Th...

According to Washington State University, there has been little change in the most recent stripe rust forecast.  The April 10th figures show active stripe rust was observed in breeding nurseries at Central Ferry in Garfield County, and rust monitoring plots in Walla Walla and the OSU Research Center in Hermiston.  Th...

According to Washington State University, stripe rust will potentially cause yield loss of 17.9% on highly susceptible varieties.  That figure is based on forecast models using the weather data from November 2017 to February 2018.  This number is much higher than the 6% forecasted in January.  The num...

Researchers at WSU released their most recent look at stripe rust and noted that it was found in 100 percent of test wheat fields with susceptible varieties in the Walla Walla area and 90 percent of fields near Lind.   Commercial fields were in better shape with Dr. Xia...

WSU researchers found stripe rust on 40 percent of the winter wheat fields they surveyed in Skagit County last week, while barley stripe rust was only found in a couple of rows.   In Grant, Douglas, Lincoln and Whitman counties, Dr. Xia...