KS Report 2, Vol. LEAF RUST was not reported in central or western Kansas. In horticultural crops, a few diseases were reported. Greenhouse crops were healthy in recent visits. If dry weather persists, disease pressure should remain low.
Wheat disease remains well below normal with little threat of any foliar epidemics.
The purple hard galls on red cedar transformed into orange gelatinous masses after the rain of late April. These orange masses release spores which in turn infect apples, crabapples, and to a lesser extent hawthorns. The galls appeared as slightly swollen branches and were actively sporulating. Some rose disease has been seen in retail lots. Other observations for DM have been negative.