Glume Blotch in Wheat
The following is posted on behalf of Dr. Nathan Kleczewski, Field Crops Pathologist for Growmark. This content is from the Field Crop Disease Hub webpage Dr. Kleczewski curated.
This week we have had several reports of Stagonospora glume blotch in wheat. This is a fairly common disease that is caused by the fungus Stagonospora (or Parastagonospora) nodorum.
The fungus overwinters in/on previously infested wheat residue, and can also be found in infected seed. …