Imperial Valley conditions limit Karnal bunt in wheat
Gerald J. Holmes, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.
Lee Jackson, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, UC Davis
Thomas M. Perring, Department of Entomology and Coordinator for Planning, Institute for Desert Agriculture, UC Riverside
California Agriculture 51(3):29-32. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v051n03p29.
If current growing conditions continue and Karnal bunt-free wheat seed is planted, the Imperial Valley is at low risk for a Karnal bunt outbreak.
G.J. Holmes is former Imperial County Cooperative Extension Pathology Farm Advisor, UCCE Imperial County, and currently Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C. L.F. Jackson is Extension Agronomist, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, UC Davis; T.M. Perring is Professor, Department of Entomology and Coordinator for Planning, Institute for Desert Agriculture, UC Riverside.