This webinar will provide overviews of some of the key pathogens affecting our cereal systems in the dry inland Pacific Northwest. It will cover five important soilborne diseases of wheat and rotation crops. The first four are caused by fungi and the last one by nematodes, microscope worm-like animals. All of these pathogens reproduce and grow in the soil and attack the seeds, seedlings, roots, and lower stems of wheat. These are Pythium seed and root rot, Rhizoctonia bare patch and root rot, strawbreaker foot rot (eyespot), Fusarium crown rot and cereal cyst nematode.  Soilborne diseases are difficult to diagnose because the aboveground symptoms may resemble other abiotic causes such as nutrient deficiency or drought.  The video will look at the diseases in the field, and will examine below-ground symptoms on roots and at the base of the stems (crowns). This section will also cover management strategies for these diseases.

About Dr. Tim Paulitz

Since 2000, Dr. Timothy Paulitz has been a research plant pathologist with the USDA-ARS Root Disease and Biological Control Research Unit based on the WSU Pullman campus. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the WSU Department of Plant Pathology. In 2009, Paulitz was named a Fellow in the American Phytopathological Society. He has been an editor for the American Phytopathological Society Press since 2004, and became the publication's associate editor-in-chief in 2007.

About REACCH

The REACCH project was initiated in 2011 to ensure sustainable cereal production in the inland Pacific Northwest. The project was led by an interdisciplinary team of scientists and other professionals from three land grant institutions and the USDA Agricultural Research Service, with funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Climate Variability and Change Program. Participants from many disciplines related to agricultural, climate, socioeconomics, and information sciences engaged in an integrated research, education, outreach and extension effort to study complex cereal production systems and their responses to drivers of change. Visit REACCH at reacchpna.org

About the Climate Learning Network (CLN)

The CLN was formed at the beginning of 2015 to promote climate literacy among Extension professionals who work in the areas of agriculture and natural resources and to connect Extension programs within the US Land-grant University System with the 10 USDA Climate Hubs. The program is a collaboration between eXtension, Southern Regional Extension Forestry, and the USDA. Visit the CLN at climatelearning.net

Full Schedule of the REACCH Advances Fall Webinar Series

Nov. 13 - Climate Considerations for Dryland Farmers - Drs. Liz Allen & Katherine Hegewisch

Nov. 20 - Pathogens in Dryland Cereal Systems - Dr. Tim Paulitz

Nov. 27 - Rotational Intensification and Diversification- Drs. Isaac Madison & Bill Pan

Dec. 4 - Nutrient Management and Precision Application Technology - Drs. Tabitha T Brown & Erin Brooks

Dec. 11 - Tillage and Residue Management Systems and Impacts on Soil Health in Drylands - Drs. Prakriti Bista & Rakesh Awale

Dec. 18 - Integrated Weed Management and Insect Pests in Dryland Cereal Systems -Drs. Sanford Eigenbrode  & Ian Burke