Cereals: Wheat: Rust (Leaf - Puccinia triticina and Stem - P. graminis f. sp. tritici)


Pub 812: Field Crop Protection Guide > Chapter 4: Cereals > Wheat: Rust (Leaf and Stem)

Field Crop Protection Guide 2011-2012, Order 2011-2012 publication

Table of Contents

  1. Integrated Pest Management Options
    • tebuconazole – Folicur 250 EW, Folicur 432 F
    • prothioconazole + tebuconazole - Prosaro 250 EC
    • pyraclostrobin – Headline EC
    • azoxystrobin + propiconazole - Quilt
    • propiconazole – Tilt 250 E, Bumper 418 EC
    • prothioconazole - Proline 480 SC
    • trifloxystrobin + propiconazole – Stratego 250 EC
    • mancozeb – Dithane DG, Rainshield NT
  2. Related links...

Integrated Pest Management Options

Leaf rust blows in from the southern U.S. late in the season. Minimize stem rust by removing its alternate host, common barberry. Use tolerant or resistant varieties to reduce risk of disease. There are many different phenotypes (races), and wheat varieties vary in their resistance/tolerance. The development of new races could result in a once-resistant variety becoming susceptible over time. Consult with your seed company and the Ontario Cereal Crops Committee Variety Trial Results at www.gocereals.ca for variety profiles. Use foliar treatments when flag leaf has 5-10 pustules (1% leaf area).

See Appendix J, Cereal Growth Stages, on page 136.

Active ingredient tebuconazole
Trade name Folicur 250 EW
Rate per hectare (product) 375-500 mL per ha
Rate per acre (product) 152-200 mL per ac
PHI* 36
Comments

Ground and aerial application. Apply to leaf foliage at the first sign or very early stage of disease, especially if weather conditions are conducive to disease development, up to the end of the flowering stage. Use the higher rate when weather conditions are conducive to heavy disease development. The use of a non-ionic surfactant (Agral 90 or Agsurf) is NOT required as it is built into the formulation. Use a minimum of 100 L/ha of water for ground application, 47 L/ha of water for aerial application. Maximum 1 application/yr. 12-hr re-entry period.


Before using Folicur for wheat leaf diseases, consider that Folicur can only be applied once per year and has been traditionally used for Fusarium control, where applications are targeted at head emergence.

 

Active ingredient tebuconazole
Trade name Folicur 432 F
Rate per hectare (product) 220-292 mL per ha
Rate per acre (product) 90-118 mL per ac
PHI* 36
Comments

Ground and aerial application. Apply to leaf foliage at the first sign or very early stage of disease, especially if weather conditions are conducive to disease development, up to the end of the flowering stage. Use the higher rate when weather conditions are conducive to heavy disease development. Use non-ionic surfactant such as Agral 90 or Agsurf at 0.125% vol/vol. Use a minimum of 100 L/ha of water for ground application, 47 L/ha of water for aerial application. Maximum 1 application/yr. 12-hr re-entry period.

Before using Folicur for wheat leaf diseases, consider that Folicur can only be applied once/year and has been traditionally used for Fusarium control.

 

Active ingredient prothioconazole + tebuconazole
Trade name Prosaro 250 EC
Rate per hectare (product) 800 mL per ha
Rate per acre (product) 324 mL per ac
PHI* 36
Comments

Ground and aerial application. Use a minimum of 100 L/ha of water for ground application, 50 L/ha of water for aerial application. Maximum 1 application/yr. 12-hr re-entry period.

 

Active ingredient pyraclostrobin
Trade name Headline EC
Rate per hectare (product) 300-600 mL per ha
Rate per acre (product) 121-240 mL per ac
PHI* Do not apply at boot stage and beyond
Comments For leaf rust control only. Ground and aerial application. Apply only up to flag leaf fully emerged stage (Zadok's 39). Do not apply at boot stage (Zadok's 47) and beyond. Maximum 2 applications/yr. 12-hr re-entry period.

 

Active ingredient azoxystrobin + propiconazole
Trade name Quilt
Rate per hectare (product) 0.75–1.0 L per ha
Rate per acre (product) 305–406 mL per ac
PHI* Do not apply at boot stage and beyond
Comments

Ground and aerial application. Apply only up to flag leaf fully emerged stage (Zadok's 39). Do not apply at boot stage (Zadok's 47) and beyond. When expecting high disease pressure from stripe rust and wheat leaf rust, use the higher application rate of 1 L/ha. Do not harvest for forage. Maximum 1 application/yr. 12-hr re-entry period.

 

 
Active ingredient propiconazole
Trade name Tilt 250 E
Rate per hectare (product) 500 mL per ha
Rate per acre (product) 200 mL per ac
PHI* 45
Comments Ground and aerial application. Apply at early signs of disease from the beginning of stem elongation (Zadok's 29-37). If conditions favourable to disease continue, apply again, if necessary, before head is half emerged (Zadok's 49-55). Can be tank-mixed with several cereal herbicides. Maximum 2 applications/yr.

 

 
Active ingredient propiconazole
Trade name Bumper 418 EC
Rate per hectare (product) 300 mL per ha
Rate per acre (product) 121 mL per ac
PHI* 45
Comments Ground and aerial application. Apply at early signs of disease from the beginning of stem elongation (Zadok's 29-37). If conditions favourable to disease continue, apply again, if necessary, before head is half emerged (Zadok's 49-55). Can be tank-mixed with several cereal herbicides. Maximum 2 applications/yr.

Active ingredient prothioconazole
Trade name Proline 480 SC
Rate per hectare (product) 315 mL per ha
Rate per acre (product) 128 mL per ac
PHI* 30
Comments Ground application only. Use as a preventative when earliest disease symptoms appear on the leaves and stems. Recommended to be used with the registered non-ionic surfactant, Agral 90 or AgSurf at 0.125% vol/vol. Minimum 7-day interval between applications. Maximum 2 applications/yr. 24-hr re-entry period.

 

Active ingredient trifloxystrobin + propiconazole
Trade name Stratego 250 EC
Rate per hectare (product) 500 mL per ha
Rate per acre (product) 200 mL per ac
PHI* Do not apply at boot stage and beyond
Comments Ground and aerial application. Do not apply the second application within 14 days of the first. Apply only up to flag leaf fully emerged stage (Zadok's 39). Do not apply at boot stage (Zadok's 47) and beyond. Can be tank-mixed with Buctril M in wheat. Maximum 2 applications/yr. 12-hr re-entry period.

 

 
Active ingredient mancozeb
Trade name Dithane DG
Rate per hectare (product) Early: 1.1 kg per ha
Rate per acre (product) Early: 440 g per ac
Rate per hectare (product) Late: 2.25 kg per ha
Rate per acre (product) Late: 900 g per ac
PHI* 40
Comments For leaf rust control only. Use lower rate for applications at Zadok's 12-21 growth stage, when crop is in 3rd leaf to tillering. Higher rate for applications at Zadok's 59 growth stage when head is fully emerged but prior to flowering. Do not graze crop or cut for hay.

 

 
Active ingredient mancozeb
Trade name Rainshield NT
Rate per hectare (product) Early: 1.1 kg per ha
Rate per acre (product) Early: 440 g per ac
Rate per hectare (product) Late: 2.25 kg per ha
Rate per acre (product) Late: 900 g per ac
PHI* 40
Comments For leaf rust control only. Use lower rate for applications at Zadok's 12-21 growth stage, when crop is in 3rd leaf to tillering. Higher rate for applications at Zadok's 59 growth stage when head is fully emerged but prior to flowering. Do not graze crop or cut for hay.

 


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Creation Date: 2 May 2011
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