Wheat is at the dough stage in the lower eastern and lower western shore of the state. Wheat is well past the stage of FHB infection and spray here. This year, we were lucky to not be at high FHB risk in this part of the state. Some other fungal foliar diseases such as Septoria tritici blotch, Stagonospora nodorum blotch, glume blotch, and tan spot have been observed. However, the damage due to these diseases is not going to be substantial now, and growers in this region do not need to spray fungicides for controlling these diseases. This week and next would be the time to start looking for bleached spikelets to assess FHB severity. Up in the North, wheat has finished/ is finishing up flowering. FHB risk for today and for the next three days appears to be low here, especially for a moderately resistant variety. If you are worried about foliar diseases mentioned above, the triazole fungicides do an excellent job of controlling these diseases as well. Strobilurin containing fungicides should be avoided at this stage.

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