The Small Grains Disease Forecasting Model is maintained and supported by the NDSU Department of Plant Pathology

The NDSU Small Grains Disease Forecasting Model assists producers in estimating the
possibility of disease in their crops and gives recommendations as to possible preventative applications and times for these applications. This is done in conjunction with NDAWN weather station locations within North Dakota and sections of western Minnesota and eastern Montana.

As easy as 1-2-3

1. Click on the NDAWN station location nearest you
  - see NDAWN Home Page for a station location map
2. Click the button representing the growth stage of your crop
  - see the growth stage information for explanations of growth stages
  - click on the small image to see a larger image
  - select the Flowering growth stage to access the scab forecast
  - or see NDAWN's estimated growth stage for your crop based on planting date.
3. Click "Get Forecast".

1. Location	2. Growth Stage	click for a larger image
	Flagging
	Boot
	Heading
	Flowering
	Milk

Away from your computer?
Current forecasts are also available by telephone. Call toll free for a recorded update from any touch-tone phone in MN or ND
(Service not available in SD and Man)
1-888-248-7382 (231-6601 in Fargo area)

July 16, 2008

Welcome to the 2008 edition of the forecasting system. Automated computer models for leaf diseases and Fusarium head blight (scab) are now activated. NDSU IPM field scouts monitored 88 wheat fields and 29 barley fields between July 7 and July 11 for pests and diseases. The scouts observed an increasing trend in bacterial blight (stripe) incidence in both wheat and barley fields. Wheat leaf rust was noticed in 9% of the surveyed fields. Fusarium head blight (scab) was observed in a single winter wheat field. Please read this week's pest report for further information on current pest and disease situation. Also, see the results of fungicides (Headline and Prosaro) applications on the control of leaf rust, leaf spot, and head scab, based on winter wheat disease ratings under untreated and fungicide treated plots at Lisbon, ND.

If you have any questions about the system, contact the Department of Plant Pathology, NDSU, Fargo, ND 58105 (701-231-6467).

Sincerely,
Dr. Shaukat Ali
Phone # 701-231-6467
E-mail: Shaukat.ali@ndsu.edu

NDSU thanks Bayer CropScience for providing financial support for the maintenance and operation of this Web site. NDSU, by policy, neither endorses nor recommends use of specific commercial products

Site Manager: Mary-Anne.Fiebig@ndsu.edu
Last Updated: May 8, 2008
Published by North Dakota State University

NDSU Disease Forecast
e-mail: forecast@ndsuext.nodak.edu

NDSU Department of Plant Pathology
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/plantpath/