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Northwest Crops & Soils Program

2019

Spring wheat

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The Efficacy Of Spraying Organic Fungicides To Control Fusarium Head Blight Infection In Spring Wheat, Heather Darby, Hillary Emick, Haley Jean Jan 2019

The Efficacy Of Spraying Organic Fungicides To Control Fusarium Head Blight Infection In Spring Wheat, Heather Darby, Hillary Emick, Haley Jean

Northwest Crops & Soils Program

Locally grown grains, such as wheat and barley, are in high demand in the Northeast for both livestock feed and human consumption. Many bakeries feature loaves baked with locally grown wheat. Hard red spring wheat is most commonly used for bread flour. One major challenge that grain growers encounter is infection by disease-causing fungi, such as the fungus Fusarium graminearum, whose spores can infect plants from flowering until grain fill. Fusarium head blight (FHB) can shrivel grain, decrease seed germination, decrease yields, and contaminate grains with mycotoxins. The primary mycotoxin associated with FHB is deoxynivalenol (DON), a vomitoxin. If …


Organic Spring Wheat Variety Trial, Heather Darby, Rory Malone, Hillary Emick, Haley Jean, Ivy Krezinski Jan 2019

Organic Spring Wheat Variety Trial, Heather Darby, Rory Malone, Hillary Emick, Haley Jean, Ivy Krezinski

Northwest Crops & Soils Program

In 2019, the University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program evaluated thirty-five hard red spring wheat varieties to determine which would thrive in the Northeast. The trial was established at the Borderview Research Farm in Alburgh, Vermont. Varieties that did not perform well in previous years were eliminated from the 2019 trial and new varieties were added.