Wheat Diseases and Pests

Fungal Diseases

Leaf Rust (Brown Rust)

Stem Rust (Black Rust)

Stripe Rust (Yellow Rust)

Common and Dwarf Bunt (Stinking Smut)

Karnal Bunt (Partial Bunt)

Loose Smut

Flag Smut

Powdery Mildew

Septoria Tritici Blotch

Septoria Nodorum Blotch

Septoria Avenae Blotch

Spot Blotch (Helminthosporium Leaf Blotch)

Tan Spot (Yellow Leaf Spot or Blotch)

Alternaria Leaf Blight

Fusarium Leaf Blotch (Snow Mold)

Scab (Head Blight)

Ergot

Black Point

Downy Mildew

Take-All

Eyespot (Strawbreaker)

Sharp Eyespot and Rhizoctonia Root Rot

Common Root Rot, Foot Rot, and Crown Rot

Sclerotium Wilt (Southern Blight)

Black Molds (Sooty Molds)

Bacterial Diseases

Bacterial Black Chaff and Bacterial Stripe

Basal Glume Rot and Bacterial Leaf Blight

Bacterial Spike Blight (Yellow Ear Rot)

Viral Diseases

Barley Yellow Dwarf

Insect Pests

Aphids

Stink Bugs

Armyworms, Cutworms, and Stalk Borers

Cereal Leaf Beetle

Thrips

Hessian Fly

Wheat Stem Maggot

Sawfly

White Grubs

Wireworms

Slugs, Snails, Grasshoppers, and Crickets

Mites

Nematodes

Seed Gall Nematode (Wheat Nematode or Ear Cockle)

Cereal Cyst Nematode

Root Knot Nematode

Physiologic and Genetic Disorders

Physiological Leaf Spot

Melanism and Brown Necrosis (False Black Chaff)

Genetic Flecking

Hybrid Necrosis (Dwarf Clumping)

Mineral and Environmental Stresses

Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Deficiencies

Minor Element Deficiencies

Aluminum Toxicity

Salt Stress

Moisture Stress

Heat Stress

Herbicide Damage

Frost Damage