Small Grains
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Collapse ▲New fact sheet posted January 2023: Harvesting Scabby Wheat and Dealing With DON
North Carolina plants between 400,000 and 800,000 acres of small grains annually, most of which is soft red winter wheat harvested for grain. Statewide average yields for wheat range from 40 to 70 bushels per acre. The largest production areas are in the Coastal Plain, Tidewater, and Piedmont regions. Oats and barley are planted on about 35,000 and 15,000 acres in North Carolina, respectively. The relatively warm winters and humid growing seasons in North Carolina are conducive to foliar fungal diseases and insect-transmitted viruses. The main diseases that limit yield and quality in North Carolina wheat are powdery mildew, Fusarium head blight, leaf rust, barley yellow dwarf virus, and Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB). When prices and yield potential justify the costs, foliar fungicides are used for foliar diseases.
Some additional web sites:
- North Carolina Small Grains Production Guide — 2021 edition, see chapter on disease management
- NC Wheat Variety Disease Ratings
- NCSU Plant Disease & Insect Clinic
- North Carolina Small Grain Growers Association
More information about disease in small grains is available from Dr. Christina Cowger, USDA-ARS Small Grains Pathologist, NCSU Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Tel. 919-513-7388, Christina.Cowger@usda.gov.