This was the first report of the disease being established in the United States. The recent event was of immediate importance to wheat exports and potentially a long term problem to the international movement of grain and seed from Kansas and other wheat producing states.
Wheat disease is at extremely low levels in production fields across Kansas.
Circles of dead or dying plants were evident. Individual plants were off color, wilted, or dead or dying. Root systems were black to brown and often confined to areas of the plug along the edges and bottoms. Poor air circulation, saturated soil mix, and sanitation greatly contributed to the problem. Symptoms included ring patterns on leaves and strong green yellow mosaics.