Improving Wheat Yields in Ohio

Pat Lipps
Department of Plant Pathology

Jim Beuerlein and Mark Loux
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science

Hal Wilson and Bruce Eisley
Department of Entomology

Ed Lentz,
Ohio State University Extension District Agronomist

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Variety Selection
• High-Quality Seed and Seed Treatment
• Table 1. Efficacy of Wheat Seed Treatments
• Crop Rotation
• Land Selection and Preparation
• Planting Date
• Hessian Fly Safe Dates for Planting Wheat for Ohio Counties
• Seeding Practices
• Table 2. Pounds of seed Needed to Plant From 1.6 to 2.0 Million Seeds Per Acre With Seed of Different Sizes.
• Table 3. Seeds Per Foot of Row for Different Row Spacings and Target Seeding Rates.
• Soil Fertility
  • Nitrogen
  • Phosphorus
  • Potash and Manganese
• Disease Control
• Feekes Wheat Growth Stage Scale
• Table 7. Efficacy of Fungicides for Wheat Diseases Control Based on Application at Threshhold Level.
• Table 8. Predicted Percentage Yield Loss to Powdery Mildew Based on Varietal Susceptibility and Disease Level.
• Table 9. Efficacy of Fungicides for Wheat Disease Control Based on Application at Threshold Level.
• Table 10. Weed Response to Herbicides in Small Grains.
• Weed Control
• Wheat Growth Stages and Herbicide Application.
• Table 11. Insecticides Used on Small Grains.
• Insect Control
• Table 12. Weed Response to Herbicides in Small Grains.
• Table 13. Insecticides used on Small Grains.

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