Pl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 25,1981 COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland’s soft red winter wheat crop has been hit by a triple whammy of fungus disease problems this year. The situation has adversely affected both grain quality and yields. The culprits are scab, powdery mildew and Septoria glume blotch. These three diseases are not uniformly serious in any one area of the state, notes David J. Sam mons, small grain research worker and assistant professor of fork fashion review (Continued from Page D 9) The final senior contestant. Dawn Raubenstine of the Hanover club, chose to make a feminine, long-sleeved dress that will be perfect for anytime of year. Dawn, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Raubenstine, Hanover, used a silk quiana material in muted browns, for her dress pattern which included a high lace trimmed collar, elastic waist, and nbbon accents across the bodice. 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Ray Byers Chambersburg 717-369-4861 Donald Everitt Mifflintown 717-436-2561 Md. wheat suffers the effects of disease trio agronomy at the University of Maryland. And they affect the wheat crop in different ways. Their invasion was aided by an insidious combination of weather factors this spring and summer, Sammons says. This pattern in cluded a cool, wet period when the wheat grain heads were forming. It was followed by hot, humid conditions during much of the time when the heads were filling out. Heavy rains over the Fourth of and senior categories received ribbons and gifts for then: out standing efforts. After the upcoming regional competition, four lucky 4-H’ers will go on to represent the area at , the state 4-H Achievement Days in August, according to Marceil Beckman, York Extension Home Economist. 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The weakened plants also are susceptible to lodging and later occurring diseases, such as scab. Septoria glume blotch is often confused with scab, Sammons comments, since its symptoms are similar to “old” scab; i.e., the grain heads are smaller than normal and appear dark in color. The geographical area most affected by scab this year in the Mid-Atlantic region includes southern Pennsylvania and most of the counties in Maryland’s Piedmont area, stretching west ward along the Mason-Dixon Line from Cecil to Frederick counties. Scab infestation has been the worst in history for some isolated wheatfields in the northern tier counties, Sammons reports. An 1 NEW JERSEY DELAWARE Wyoming 302-697-3050 MARYLAND Laurel Run Farm Supply Grantsville 301 895 5567 Roop & Sons Lin wood 301-775 2127 July holiday weekend were a final blow to some fields of unharvested wheat, particularly in western Maryland. 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Losses were especially severe in the central section of the Eastern Shore, in cluding University of Maryland research plots at the Wye Institute m Queen Annes county. Nearly all varieties of wheat currently being grown in Maryland are susceptible to powdery mildew, Sammons notes. And some of the newer varieties, in cluding Hart, appear to be even more vulnerable than their other cousins. Fortunately, good genetic resistance to mildew is avaOale in The some newly released wheat varieties that are not yet readily available to farmers. However, there appears to be no genetic resistance to scab in sight for wheat plants. And no recom mended fungicide treatments are currently available. 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