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MONTHLY FEATURED ARTICLES (June '06)

USWBSI Co-Chair Outlines Initiative's Recent Progress & Current Challenges

For the farmer currently confronting Fusarium Head Blight (scab) in his fields, "incremental progress" in research aimed at understanding and controlling this disease may seem a rather empty term. The same goes for the miller or exporter faced with unacceptable levels of vomitoxin/DON in wheat or barley coming to market.

But in the real world of production agriculture, where "silver bullet" solutions to serious problems seldom exist, steady incremental progress is a good thing. It means theres movement in the right direction, and it implies a continued chipping away at scabs detrimental impact on affected wheat and barley producers and buyers. [Read more..]

VIGS System Promises to Hasten Development of Varieties Resistant to Fusarium Head Blight

VIGS is not the name of a new candy bar. But it does have all the makings of a sweet ingredient in the ongoing effort to control Fusarium Head Blight (scab) in wheat and barley. [Read more..]

Wheat Grower & USWBSI Co-Chair Reflects Upon Scab Initiative´s Origin, Progress & Challenges

Tom Anderson brings a particularly valuable perspective to the campaign against Fusarium Head Blight (scab). First, he´s a Minnesota wheat grower whose own farm has been seriously impacted by this disease. Second, he was instrumental in obtaining initial federal and state of Minnesota funding for scab research in the mid-1990s. And third, he has served as co-chair of the U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative (USWBSI) since the group´s establishment in the latter ´90s. [Read more..]

Research Reports/Publications

DON White Paper - Deoxynivalenol: Known Facts and Research Questions (PDF)

AE-1327: Aerial Application of Fungicides for Suppression of FHB in Small Grains (PDF)

2006 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents Report (PDF)

2005-06 Uniform Northern Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nursery Report (PDF)

2006 Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nursery Report (PDF)

2004-05 Uniform Northern Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nursery Report (PDF)

2005 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents Report (PDF)

2005 Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nursery Report (PDF)

Special Report - FHB Epidemic of 2003 in Southeastern US. (PDF)

PROJECT-BASED DOCUMENTS

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FORUM PROCEEDINGS

National FHB Forums	Other Conferences
2006 2005 2002-03 2000-01 1999 1998 Order hard copy(s) of the Proceedings	4th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight (Nov. 1-3, 2005) 2nd International Symposium on Fusarium Head Blight* (Dec. 11-15, 2004)

*This Symposium was hosted by the USWBSI.