Levels of symptom expression were trace to 2 per cent. Incidence was believed to be higher since symptom expression was not good because of dormancy of the plants. Septoria diseases of speckled leaf blotch and nodurum leaf blotch were reported in some locations. Disease levels were low and reports were sporadic. Central Kansas had several reports of speckled leaf blotch in Rice, Stafford, and Dickinson.
Reports made through the fall indicate disease pressure is low in the planted crop.
The winter storm which swept through much of Kansas in late October and subsequent low temperatures were beneficial in disease control. It appeared that in mid October, diseases such as leaf rust, wheat streak mosaic, and Septoria complex had infected the crop and were set to build in incidence and severity when the storm hit. Infection was stopped and the last cycles of disease which historically occur in November did not occur. It appears presently to be only an average disease situation for the upcoming spring growing season.