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Advances in integrated wheat disease management

Code: 9781835453551
Publication Date: 24/11/2026
Extent: 550 pages
Series No: 189

Edited by: Professor Stephen Wegulo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Description

Wheat is one of the world’s most important crops and is a staple ingredient in the diets of millions of people around the world. However, it’s been estimated that around 20% of global wheat yields are lost to pests and diseases each year. As the agricultural sector faces growing pressure to reduce its reliance on chemical inputs, the development of integrated disease management programmes is gaining momentum as a sustainable alternative.

Advances in integrated wheat disease management provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in understanding and monitoring major diseases affecting wheat, as well as methods for developing fungal and bacterial disease-resistant wheat varieties. The book also reviews the range of integrated management techniques used to prevent and/or control disease outbreaks, such as the use of bioprotectants, intercropping and crop rotations.

The book builds on a successful earlier volume published by Burleigh Dodds Science: Integrated disease management of wheat and barley (2018).

Key Features

  • Reviews the range of integrated disease management techniques deployable by farmers to prevent and/or control disease outbreaks
  • Addresses the challenge of fungicide resistance in cereal production
  • Considers recent developments in breeding disease-resistant varieties of wheat

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Table of Contents

Part 1 Understanding and monitoring wheat diseases

  • 1.Trends in wheat diseases: Helen Eyles, University of Exeter, UK;
  • 2.Understanding wheat disease life cycles: Kelsey Anderson Onofre, Kansas State University, USA;
  • 3.Sensing technologies to identify diseases in wheat: Yao Xia, Nanjing Agricultural University, China;
  • 4.Developments in rapid in-field testing of diseases in wheat: Ruijie Deng, Sichuan University, China;
  • 5.Disease modelling/forecasting of diseases in wheat: Paul Esker, Pennsylvania State University, USA;
  • 6.Disease monitoring/surveillance programmes to identify diseases in wheat: Darcy Telenko, Purdue University, USA;
  • 7.On-farm disease scouting and identification of diseases in wheat: Alyssa Koehler Betts, University of Delaware, USA;

Part 2 The challenge of fungicide resistance

  • 8.Trends in cereal fungicide resistance: Gerd Stammler, BASF SE, Germany;
  • 9.Cereal fungicide resistance mechanisms: Nichola Hawkins, NIAB, UK;
  • 10.Strategies for minimising cereal fungicide resistance: Andreas Mehl, Bayer Crop Science, Canada;
  • 11.Developments in precision application of fungicides in cereals: Milos Zaric, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA;
  • 12.Minimising the environmental impact of cereal fungicide application: Meriem Aoun, Oklahoma State University, USA;

Part 3 Integrated management techniques

  • 13.Assessing varietal resistance to disease in wheat: Angela Feechan, University College Dublin, Ireland;
  • 14.Chemical treatments for disease control in wheat: Darcy Telenko, Purdue University, USA;
  • 15.Bioprotectants for disease control in wheat: Sabrina Sarrocco, University of Pisa, Italy;
  • 16.Agronomic practices to prevent/manage wheat diseases: soil management: Niels Maywald, University of Hohenheim, Germany;
  • 17.Agronomic practices to prevent/manage wheat diseases: increasing spatial diversity: Christina Cowger, North Carolina State University, USA;
  • 18.Agronomic practices to prevent/manage wheat diseases: increasing temporal diversity: Dauri J. Tessmann, The State University of Maringá, Brazil;
  • 19.Integrating multiple techniques to manage wheat diseases: Stephen Wegulo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA;

Part 4 Developing more disease-resistant wheat varieties

  • 20.Methods for developing fungal disease-resistant wheat varieties: Thomas Miedaner, University of Hohenheim, Germany;
  • 21.Methods for developing viral disease-resistant wheat varieties: Hermann Buerstmayr, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria;
  • 22.Methods for developing bacterial disease-resistant wheat varieties: María Verónica Fumero, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina;

About the Editor(s)

Professor 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.

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