winter malting barley fields and nearly all winter wheat fields in New York are now past stages where fungicide application is useful. This is a good time to assess FHB symptoms in winter cereals.

Our attention in New York now switches to spring malting barley and spring wheat as these crops approach head emergence and flowering, and decisions should be made for timely application of Caramba, Prosaro, or Miravis Ace. The weather-based risk of FHB development in crops heading out this week is highly variable across the state. Be sure to check the Fusarium Risk Assessment Tool (www.wheatscab.psu.edu) and your local weather forecast frequently as your spring cereal crops approach head emergence.

--Gary Bergstrom, Extension Plant Pathologist, Cornell University