Wheat Diseases in Ohio

Pythium root rot and seedling blight

• Symptoms
  • seed rot, seedling blight or wilting
  • roots with brown lesions or entire roots brown
  • stunted plants
• Environment
  • cold, wet soils at planting
  • poor soil fertility
• Survival
  • fungus common in soil
• Management
  • seed treatment for seedling blight
  • well prepared seed bed
  • balanced fertility