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Small Grains Pest Management - http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.small-grains.html
Provides general information on insecticides and fungicides and details of the diseases, insects, mites, nematodes and weeds that may attack grain crops. |
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Cereal Aphids - http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/publicationD.jsp?publicationId=341
Aphid biology and information on the different species that affect small grains, sorghum, millet and corn. Includes photographs of insects and their identifying features. |
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Chinch Bug Management - http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/publicationD.jsp?publicationId=512
The chinch bug is native to North American and can destroy cultivated grass crops, especially sorghum and corn, and occasionally small grains. Information on its life cycle, damage done and management options. |
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Biology and Control of Take-all Disease - http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/jdeacon/microbes/takeall.htm
Information on the fungus, Gaeumannomyces graminis, which is a major root-rot pathogen of cereals and grasses. |
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Diseases of Barley, Rye and Triticale - http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-0903/
Information on root and crown, foliar and viral diseases in these crops, the symptoms and controls. |
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Brown Rust - http://www.hgca.com/hgca/wde/diseases/Brown%20rust/Brhost.html
Photographs and information on Puccinia tritcina which affects wheat, barley, rye and grasses. |
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Stored Grain Insects, Mites and Molds - http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/faq7563
Answers common questions about prevention and control of insects that can infest stored grain |
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Grasshoppers: Life Cycle, Damage Assessment and Management Strategy - http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex3497
Information on four species of grasshopper, the damage they do to cereal crops and when action needs to be taken to control them. |
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Greenbug - http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/prm2498
Information on the life cycle of Schizaphis graminum, the damage it causes to cereals and forage grasses, and possible management strategies. |
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Black Stem Rust - http://www.hgca.com/hgca/wde/diseases/BSRust/Bsruhost.html
Photographs and information on Puccinia graminis which affects wheat, barley and other grasses. |