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Fusarium head blight causes kernels to shrivel, lowering yield and weight. Losses in food quality also can be caused by production of dioxynivalenol (DON) in blight-infected wheat. |
By Laura Skillman PRINCETON,
Ky. (Dec. 22, 2004) – This year’s winter conference of the University of
Kentucky College of Agriculture’s Wheat Science Group again will focus on a
disease that has been troublesome in a number of fields the past two growing
seasons. The conference is Jan. 11 at the UK Research and Fusarium
head blight causes kernels to shrivel, lowering yield and weight. Losses
in food quality also can be caused by production of
dioxynivalenol (DON) in blight-infected wheat.
An overview of the
fusarium head blight prediction model will be given by Erick DeWolfe from UK
Extension specialists' topics will include a 2003-04 crop overview, Folicur,
genetics, tillage and residue’s relationship to head blight, DON measurement
accuracy, world situation and economic outlook and maintaining high-quality
wheat in summer storage. Todd
Barlow, executive director of the Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association, will
discuss how farmers’ check-off dollars are being used. Mick Henderson, general
manager of Commonwealth Agri-Energy, will talk about wheat’s potential for
ethanol production. Registration
begins at 8:30 a.m. The conference begins at 8:45 a.m. and concludes at 2:30
p.m. Lunch will be provided by the
Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association. Three
certified crop advisor credits in pest management and one in crop management
will be available. In addition, pesticide credits have been approved for one
general hour and 1 specific hour in categories 1a, 10 and 12. For
more information contact Dottie Call, Wheat Science Group coordinator, at
270-365-7541 ext. 234 or dcall@uky.edu.
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