Summary of Funding | FHB Forecasting Models | Publications/Reports/Updates
FHB Management (MGMT)
| Chair, Christina Cowger, USDA-ARS, NC |
| Vice-Chair, Gary Bergstrom, Cornell University, NY |
| Marty Draper, USDA-NIFA, Washington, DC |
| Paul Esker, University of Wisconsin, WI |
| Pierce Paul, Ohio State University, OH |
FY11 Program Description
The FHB Management (MGMT) research area supports research to develop effective and economical disease management practices that reduce FHB severity and DON in harvested grain to meet the immediate and long-term needs of the wheat and barley industries.
This research area involves:
- tillage practices, crop sequences, and other cultural practices targeting Fusarium-infested residues;
- fungicides, biological control agents, and application technologies for chemical and biological agents;
- the refinement and deployment of disease prediction and forecasting models, and disease management decision tools; and
- studies of pathogen survival, inoculum production, dispersal, infection, colonization, mycotoxin production, and factors accounting for high levels of mycotoxin in asymptomatic grain.
NOTE: Priority will be given to multi-PI, collaborative, integrated pre-proposals that address the research priorities listed below. Pre-proposals pertaining to uniform fungicide/biocontrol trials (UT) and integrated management studies (IM) will be developed as multi-PI, collaborative, integrated proposals. Coordinators for those integrated proposals are listed below.
FY11 Research Priorities Derived from Action Plan Goals:
- Validate integrated management strategies for FHB and DON.
- Develop the next generation of management tools for FHB/DON control.
- Develop a full understanding of specific environmental and biological factors influencing infection and toxin accumulation.
- Enhance communication and end user education/outreach.
| MGMT Coordinated Project Leaders | |
| Uniform Fungicide/Biocontrol Trials (UT) | Integrated Management Studies (IM) |
| Larry Osborne South Dakota State Uiversity Plant Science Bldg. Box 2108 Brookings, SD 57007 E-mail: Lawrence.Osborne@sdstate.edu |
Pierce Paul 1680 Madison Ave. Dept. of Plant Pathology Ohio State University Wooster, OH 44691 E-mail: paul.661@osu.edu |
| Summary of Funding* | ||
| FY09 (2009-10) | FY10 (2010-11) | |
| Number of Projects | 43 | 43 |
| Number of PIs | 24 | 24 |
| Total Award Amount | $674,047 | $514,096 |
| % Total Rec. Funding | 13.68% | 10.43% |
| Research Projects | FY09 | FY10 |
Publications/Reports/Updates
- Best Methods for Applying Fungicide to Grain Heads Using Air-assist Sprayers An NDSU Extension Publication
- Wheat Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Widespread in Kentucky
Wheat Science News, Vol. 13, Issue 2, 6/4/09 - Report: 2008 USWBSI MGMT Planning Meeting
- Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) of Small Grains An NDSU Extension Publication
- Recent Changes in the Wheat and Barley Foliar Fungicide Status Quo
- KY Granted Crisis Exemption for Folicur (May 2008)
- Fungicidal Control of Fusarium Head Blight (Head Scab) and Deoxynivalenol (DON) in Wheat
- Report: 2007 USWBSI Biocontrol Workshop
- New Publicatin on Aerial Application of Fungicide on FHB
- NDSU Extension Publication Details Fungicide Spraying for Scab [HTML] [PDF]
- Report: 2006 EEDF Workshop - Factors Influencing DON Accumulation in Wheat Heads
- CBCC Integrated Workshop Report - August 10-11, 2006
- Final Report - CBC Application Technology Workshop, February 18-20, 2003
- Histology of Fusarium Head Blight - Selected References
- Report: 2001 Epidemiology Workshop
- Report: 2000 Epidemiology Workshop
- NCR-184 1999 Minnesota State Report - Management of Fusarium Head Blight of Small Grains
Useful Links
- Scab and DON, General Plant Pathology, Mycology, Commodity Related Plant Disease Indices, Crop Genomics
FHB Forecasting Models
- North Dakota State University - http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/cropdisease/cropdisease.htm
- Ohio State University - http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/ohiofieldcropdisease/
- Penn State University- http://www.wheatscab.psu.edu
- South Dakota State University - http://plantsci.sdstate.edu/wheatpath/
- University of Minnesota - http://mawg.cropdisease.com/
