Fusarium Head Blight Risk Assessment Tool
June 07, 2010

The focus of the Fusarium head blight prediction effort will be in SD, ND, MI, NY, WI as winter wheat grown in these areas is at or near critical stages of growth. The risk of severe disease appears to be low in most areas with just a few small areas of moderate risk based on model predictions. The commentary from the wheat disease specialists in these states indicates a general agreement with the predictions for low risk. The spring wheat in SD and ND often reaches the flowering stages of growth, when wheat vulnerable for infection by Fusarium head blight, during the last two weeks of June and early July. Users of the prediction system should use the models designed for use with spring wheat during this time frame.