Managing Scab

Speaking at the Lake Region Extension Roundup, NDSU Extension Plant Pathologist Andrew Friskop said wheat scab was prevalent in different areas last year. “When somebody asks me about our biggest fusarium head blight area? No-brainer, it would always be northeast North Dakota, but last year it was southwest North Dakota,” said Friskop. “It’s what the environment is doing in that three-week timeframe.”