Wheat Diseases in Ohio

Barley yellow dwarf

• Symptoms
  • stunted, yellowed plants
  • leaves with yellowed tips or reddened leaf tips
• Environment
  • cool, moist seasons
• Transmission
  • aphid vectored virus
  • aphids generally brought into the state from southern regions by air currents
• Management
  • delay planting until after Hessian fly safe date
  • balanced fertility
• Scouting