Fusarium in Wheat

Fusarium in Wheat

Tim Hammerich
Tim Hammerich
News Reporter
Farmers that have wheat planted after a corn crop, they’re going to want to protect themselves from diseases like Fusarium. Kyle Strachila is a crop protection field sales representative for Bayer Crop Sciences. He says customers are proactively looking to Prosaro® fungicide, one of their products to manage this disease.

Strachila… “I've heard of guys in the last couple of years, starting to use Prosaro® as their preventative measures on almost every irrigated acre that they advise for, because the Fusarium disease is really prevalent in fields after a corn crop. So if a wheat crop is being grown after a corn crop, the chances are pretty high that Fusarium is present in the field, and a head scab outbreak in the field can completely decimate a crop.

But, Strachila says, timing is of the utmost importance for efficacy.

Strachila… “Prosaro® works best when it's correctly timed around early flowering. Feekes 10.51 if we want to get really specific. If you apply it before flowering occurs, it's a little bit too early. And if it's applied after pollination, it's a little bit too late.”

For more information on Prosaro® and other Bayer products, contact your local retailer or Bayer cereal expert. You can also visit CerealExperts.com to learn more.

Note that not all products are registered in all states and may be subject to use restrictions. Always read and follow label directions.

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