Flowering is finishing up across all of Maryland now, except for a few late-planted fields in the northern part of the state that may still be flowering. The FHB risk across the state continues to be high. So, if your wheat is flowering currently or has flowered within the last 4-5 days, you can still spray FHB fungicides. I have started scouting the wheat variety trials for FHB symptoms on the Eastern shore and have already started observing moderate FHB incidences in untreated plots here. The weather conditions have been conducive for FHB this season so far. If you have planted resistant varieties, the situation is expected to be better. Natural infections of leaf rust and stripe rust are also being seen sporadically. I do not expect any major losses due to these two now though. So it's okay not to spray any fungicide specifically for these diseases at this point.

--Nidhi Rawat, Small Grains Pathologist, University of Maryland