Wheat Scab Research Appropriations
Background
Fusarium head blight (scab) has infected U.S. wheat
crops since at least 1917. Since 1991, scab caused
more than $2 billion in yield and quality losses in
18 states. Scab can also be a serious food safety
issue when it produces vomitoxin or DON.
In response, the U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative (Initiative) was created in 1997. Currently the initiative involves 104 projects in 6 research areas, carried out in 23 states by 83 scientists from 22 land grant universities and USDA/ARS.
Initiative is unprecedented – no “bricks and mortar.” Instead, a highly leveraged, highly networked effort.
last updated May 1, 2003
Read more:
NAMA-Supported Wheat Disease Research Makes Progress, August 21, 2002
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