Instant Insights: Improving Crop Disease Management

Dr Stephen Wegulo is a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Extension Specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. His expertise is in the areas of epidemiology and disease management. Professor Wegulo has authored or co-authored 79 refereed journal papers, six book chapters and collectively more than 500 Extension and other non-refereed publications. He is currently an Editor-in-Chief of the journal Crop Protection and has previously served as an editor of three other refereed journals.

• Chapter 1 - The role of crop rotation, intercropping and tillage practices for foliar disease management of wheat and barley: T. K. Turkington, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada; K. Xi, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Canada; and H. R. Kutcher, University of Saskatchewan, Canada; 1 Introduction 2 Increasing temporal diversity: crop rotation 3 Increasing spatial diversity: intercropping 4 Increasing genetic diversity: gene deployment 5 The role of conservation tillage 6 Conclusions and future trends 7 Where to look for further information 8 ReferencesChapter taken from: Oliver, R. (ed.), Integrated disease management of wheat and barley, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2018, (ISBN 978 1 78676 216 0)Chapter 2 - Integrated wheat disease management: Stephen N. Wegulo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA; 1 Introduction 2 Scouting and disease identification 3 Variety selection 4 Cultural practices 5 Chemical control 6 Biological control 7 Use of disease forecasting systems 8 Integrated disease management 9 Future trends in research 10 Where to look for further information 11 ReferencesChapter taken from: Langridge, P. (ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat – Volume 1: Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2017, (ISBN 978 1 78676 016 6)Chapter 3 - Integrated disease management of barley: Adrian C. Newton, James Hutton Institute and SRUC, UK; and Henry E. Creissen, Neil D. Havis, and Fiona J. Burnett, SRUC, UK; 1 Introduction 2 Barley production context: requirements and constraints 3 Diseases overview 4 Inoculum management: sources and epidemiological conditions 5 Varietal resistance 6 Crop protectants 7 Agronomy 8 IPM knowledge sources and tools 9 Uptake and communication of IPM 10 Farming systems, soil and research platforms 11 Conclusion and future trends 12 Acknowledgements 13 Where to look for further information 14 ReferencesChapter taken from: Fox, G. and Li, C. (eds.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of barley, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2020, (ISBN 978 1 78676 308 2)Chapter 4 - Diseases affecting grain legumes and their management: Keith Thomas, University of Sunderland, UK; 1 Introduction 2 Grain legume diseases 3 Traditional vs. integrated disease management 4 Components of IDM 5 Practical developments: modelling, sampling and identification 6 Advanced and rapid analysis techniques 7 Conclusion 8 Where to look for further information 9 ReferencesChapter taken from: Sivasankar, S., Bergvinson, D., Gaur, P., Kumar, S., Beebe, S. and Tamò, M. (eds.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes – Volume 1: Advances in breeding and cultivation techniques, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2018, (ISBN 978 1 78676 136 1)