Leaf rust may be brewing in Kentucky wheat
Story Date: 5/2/2012

Source: Don Hershman University of Kentucky, SOUTH EAST FARM PRESS, 5/1/12
 

Leaf rust is brewing in some fields planted to rust-susceptible varieties in spite of the recent dry weather.

 

I get the sense that disease severity may increase sharply in fields that have not been treated with a fungicide, and that experience at least one significant rain event over the next 30 days.

 
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