Stripe rust disease pressure has emerged in the winter wheat crop from Texas up into South Dakota. Greg Hudec, Technical Services Representative with Bayer Crop Science, says this leaf rust can be very costly to farmers if not controlled, as it seriously cuts into yields.
He says they have a new fungicide available for this season called Absolute Maxx that can be applied after the flag leaf emerges all the way through heading to control stripe rust in winter wheat.
Absolute Maxx fungicide provides 21 to 28 day control of leaf rust in wheat or Gray Leaf Spot in corn.
