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Cereals: Wheat: Common Root Rot (Common Blight) (Cochliobolus sativus)

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 04 July 2005
Last Reviewed: 15 June 2009
Pub 812: Field Crop Protection Guide > Chapter 4: Cereals > Wheat: Common Root Rot (Common Blight)

Excerpt from Chapter 4, Field Crop Protection Guide, Order this publication

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  1. Integrated Pest Management Options
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Integrated Pest Management Options

Infected plants can be found individually or in irregular patches. These plants are often stunted and yellow (chlorotic) with dark browning or blacking of the subcrown internodes. Drought and warm temperatures favour root rot. Maintain sound soil health practices and use good 3 year crop rotation using non-host crops. Avoid soil compaction and deep seeding.

Seed Treatment

difenoconazole + metalaxyl-M – Dividend XL RTA
Active ingredient difenoconazole + metalaxyl-M
Trade name Dividend XL RTA
Rate (product) 325-650 mL per 100 kg seed

Comments (Days to harvest, label precaustions, etc.)
For suppression only. For both commercial seed treatment plants and on-farm treatment using standard gravity flow- or mist-type seed treatment equipment. May also be used in treat-on-the-go seeder. Do not graze, feed green forage or cut for hay within 35 days of planting.

tebuconazole + thiram – Raxil T
Active ingredient tebuconazole + thiram
Trade name Raxil T
Rate (product) 225 mL per 100 kg seed

Comments (Days to harvest, label precaustions, etc.)
Do not graze or feed livestock on treated areas for 6 weeks after planting.

carbathiin + thiram – Vitaflo 280
Active ingredient carbathiin + thiram
Trade name Vitaflo 280
Rate (product) 230-330 mL per 100 kg seed

Comments (Days to harvest, label precaustions, etc.)
For supression only. Do not graze or feed livestock on treated areas for 6 weeks after planting.

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