Early season fungal diseases were low. There have only been a few reports of stripe rust in Nebraska up till now (early May), but that does include stripe rust being present in Saline County (view reports/map and take the survey yourself at https://cropwatch.unl.edu/plantdisease/wheat). Fusarium head blight (FHB), also called head scab, is a fungal disease that infects wheat during flowering, which typically occurs between the third week and fourth week of May in this area (Gage, Jefferson, and Saline counties).
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