Location: Crop Production and Protection
Project Number: 0500-00053-005-188-G
Project Type: Grant
Start Date: May 1, 2026
End Date: Apr 30, 2030
Objective:
The overall project goal is to improve management of FHB and DON. The specific objectives of the proposed studies are: 1) evaluate the integrated effects of fungicide treatment and genetic resistance on FHB and DON in all major grain classes, with emphasis on new combination fungicides, Prosaro Pro, Sphaerex, and Miravis Era; 2) compare the efficacy of Prosaro Pro, Sphaerex, and Miravis Era to that of Prosaro and Miravis Ace; 3) compare
the efficacy and economic benefit of FHB forecast-based fungicide programs to that of calendar/growth stagebased programs; 4) generate data to quantify the economic benefit of FHB and DON management programs; and 5) generate data to validate and advance the development of FHB risk prediction models. The expected outcome of the proposed objectives is a better understanding of which treatments provided the best management of FHB and DON across a wide geography and diverse environments.
Approach:
Field trials will be established in Kentucky to evaluate tactics for management of Fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol in soft red winter wheat and winter barley. National protocols will be followed, and data will be submitted for multi-state analysis.