USWBSI PUBLICATIONS
Research Reports/Publications
FHB/DON
- A United Effort to Fight an Enemy of Wheat and Barley: Fusarium Head Blight
Article in the December 2012 Issue of Plant Disease published by the American Phytopathological Society - Wheat Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Widespread in Kentucky
Wheat Science News, Vol. 13, Issue 2, 6/4/09
IMPORTANT: Contains information on harvesting scabby wheat fields, testing for DON, marketing scabby grain, crop insurance adjustments for DON, and other scab-related postharvest issues. - Update on a Wheat Disease Survey in Illinois
- Sampling Grain for Deoxynivalenol (DON) Analysis: A Researchers Guide
- Grain Sampling for DON Analysis
- DON White Paper - Deoxynivalenol: Known Facts and Research Questions
- DON (Vomitoxin) in Wheat.
Fungicide Application/Uniform Trials/Intregrated Management Studies
- Report: 2012 Uniform FHB Integrated Management Trials Posted: 4/5/13
- Report: 2012 Uniform Fungicide Trials for Management of FHB and DON Posted: 3/11/13
- Report: 2012 Uniform Tests of Biological Control Agents for Management of FHB and DON Posted: 3/11/13
- Uniform Fusarium Head Blight Integrated Management Trials: A 2011 Update.
- Uniform Fungicide Tests 2011: Effects of Triazole and Strobilurin Fungicides on Fusarium Head Blight and Associated Mycotoxins.
- Recent Changes in the Wheat and Barley Foliar Fungicide Status Quo
- Fungicidal Control of Fusarium Head Blight (Head Scab) and Deoxynivalenol (DON) in Wheat
- NDSU Extension Publication Details Fungicide Spraying for Scab [HTML] [PDF]
- AE-1327: Aerial Application of Fungicides for Suppression of FHB in Small Grains
Special Reports
- The 2009 Southern SWW Scab Epidemic: Has the USWBSI Made a Difference?
White Paper produced by the NFO/li> - Special Report - FHB Epidemic of 2003 in Southeastern US
Uniform Nursery Reports
- Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2012. Posted: 3/14/13
- 2012 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents Report Posted: 3/11/13
- 2011-12 Uniform Northern Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nurseries Report Posted: 3/4/13
- 2012 North American Barley Scab Evaluation Nursery (NABSEN) Report
- 2012 Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat Scab Nursery Report
- Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2011.
- 2011 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents Report
- 2010-11 Uniform Northern Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nurseries Report
- 2011 North American Barley Scab Evaluation Nursery (NABSEN) Report
- 2011 Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat Scab Nursery Report
- 2010 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents Report
- 2009-10 Uniform Northern Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nurseries Report
- 2010 Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat Scab Nursery Report
- 2010 North American Barley Scab Evaluation Nursery (NABSEN) Report
- Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2010.
- 2009 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents Report
- 2008-09 Uniform Northern Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nurseries Report
- 2009 Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nursery Report
- 2009 North American Barley Scab Evaluation Nursery (NABSEN) Report
- Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2009.
- 2008 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents Report
- 2007-08 Uniform Northern Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nurseries Report
- 2008 Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nursery Report
- Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2008.
- 2008 North American Barley Scab Evaluation Nursery (NABSEN) Report
- 2007 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents Report
- 2006-07 Uniform Northern Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nurseries Report
- 2007 Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nursery Report
- 2007 North American Barley Scab Evaluation Nursery (NABSEN) Report
- 2006 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents Report
- 2005-06 Uniform Northern Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nursery Report
- 2006 Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nursery Report
- 2004-05 Uniform Northern Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nursery Report
- 2006 North American Barley Scab Evaluation Nursery (NABSEN) Interim Report
- 2005 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents Report
- 2005 Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat FHB Screening Nursery Report
- 2005 North American Barley Scab Evaluation Nursery (NABSEN) Interim Report
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3rd International Symposium on Fusarium Head Blight (Sept. 1-5, 2008) 5th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight (Nov. 27-30, 2007) 2nd International Symposium on Fusarium Head Blight (2ISFHB) (Dec. 11-15, 2004) The 2ISFHB Symposium was hosted by the USWBSI. |
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Web-based Articles (Last posted article: October 2012)
Fusarium Head Blight a Minimal Issue in 2012
The abnormally dry conditions that prevailed across numerous U.S. states during the 2012 small grains growing season resulted in many disappointing yields. But the dry weather simultaneously brought at least one beneficial effect: minimal problems with Fusarium Head Blight (scab) and vomitoxin (DON). Very few areas had significant issues with this disease in 2012..
A recent survey by the U.S. Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative (USWBSI) of university small grains specialists in several states tells the 2012 story. Here’s an overview of this year’s scab scenario, by region. [Read more..]
Fusarium Head Blight in 2011: An Overview
Several states experienced low to virtually non-existent problems with Fusarium Head Blight (scab) during the 2011 U.S. small grains production season, while a few others incurred significant disease incidence and crop loss. As always, growing season weather played a large role in the disease’s status; but so too, on an expanding basis, has the use of FHB management tools like varietal selection, fungicide applications and crop rotation.
A recent survey by the U.S. Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative (USWBSI) of university specialists in several states tells the story. [Read more..]
Fusarium Head Blight in 2010: An Overview
The incidence and severity of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) during the 2010 U.S. small grains production season was - when summarized across the major wheat and barley growing areas - fairly low.
Yet ‘hot spots’ did develop in various states, according to a recent U.S. Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative (USWBSI) survey of university small grains specialists. [Read more..]
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 there´s movement in the right direction, and it implies a continued chipping away at scab´s 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..]
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Instructions for USWBSI PIs for the 'ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS' section of PublicatIons
If a submitted publication is the result of funding received from USDA-ARS through the USWBSI, acknowledgement of this support must be included in one of the following formats (examples below):
- Funding received in the form of an extramural research agreement (i.e. grants awarded to universities, etc.):
"This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. (insert ARS agreement number here). This is a cooperative project with the U.S. Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative."
All such materials must also contain the following disclaimer unless the publication is formally cleared by USDA:
"Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture."
- USDA-ARS scientists who received funding through the USWBSI:
"This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This is a cooperative project with the U.S. Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative."
All such materials must also contain the following disclaimer unless the publication is formally cleared by USDA:
"Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture."





