Our environment as a whole is not conducive to Karnal bunt establishment, but the environment may be favorable in some areas in some years. Seed dealers, grain dealers and growers should be vigilant to assure that contaminated grain is not brought into the region. Smaller scale awareness is also needed. A few heads, a wheat wreath, a potted plant or a small sack of seed bootlegged into the state from an infested area in the United States or Mexico may be the start of an infestation here. Quarantines rarely work forever.
Eradications are expensive and often ineffective.
Vigilance and research are our only long-term solutions. Zillinsky, F.J. 1983. Mathur, S.B. and B.M. Cunfer. Seed-borne diseases and seed health testing of wheat. Jordbrugsforlaget Publishers, Frederiksberg, Denmark.