Description: Typical
symptoms on leaves occurs during the wheat jointing to heading growth stages.
Typical symptoms include chlorotic, interveinal stripes that extend the length
of the leaf blade, or brown stripes bordered by yellow stripes. The veins within
stripes are dark brown. Plants generally die prematurely and produce little
grain.
Location: Stripe can occur throughout Ohio, but appears to be more severe
in compacted heavy soils low in pH.
Time of attack: The fungus sporulates and enters roots in winter. Leaf symptoms
can be recognized in early spring before jointing, but the typical stripes are
not easily detected until jointing. Evidence of the brown veins can be detected
in prematurely killed plants.
Management:
· Crop rotation
· Till residues
· Improve drainage
· Adjust soil pH to 6.5 -7.0
· Control perennial grass weeds