2025 moisture conditions in many Prairie regions were dry in late May and early to mid June. However, recent rainfall in some regions over the last 1-2 weeks increases the risk of development of leaf spot diseases in barley and wheat. Although crop rotation and variety resistance are useful strategies, rotations typically need to be…

June and early July are important months in terms of field crop disease development.  For diseases such as sclerotinia stem rot of canola and ergot of small grain cereals, suitable pathogen development must occur to produce spores before host infection can take place.  The pathogens associated with both diseases overwinter as resting bodies known as sclerotia,…