AREC Updates

May 21, 2020

The presentations from the 2020 Virginia Small Grains Virtual Field Day are now available on YouTube. 

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN-8Ily_pGFez6XMNr0CBo_JqA_igWaiR. 

Virginia Small Grains Virtual Field Day - May 21, 2020 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Virginia Small Grains Field Day will take place virtually this year. The presentations will be pre-recorded over the next few weeks and will be broadcast on Zoom and Facebook Live on May 21 at 9:00a.m. Eastern Time with a Q&A with the speakers after the video. The presentations will be archived on YouTube afterward so they can be viewed on-demand. 

This will be a celebratory event for Dr. Carl Griffey, VT small grain breeder, as we will highlight all wheat and varieties released by VT from 1989-2020. 

Further updates will be posted here leading up to the event. 

2020 Virginia Virtual Small Grain Field Day Agenda

Wheat and Barley Varieties Released from VT: 1989-2020

Dr. Carl Griffey: W.G. Wysor Professor, Small Grain Breeder

VT School of Plant & Environmental Sciences

Current, New, and Upcoming Soft Red Wheat Varieties

Dr. Wade Thomason: Professor, Grain Crops Extension Specialist

VT School of Plant & Environmental Sciences

Proximal Sensing to Determine Tiller density and Nitrogen Timing

Dr. Joseph Oakes: Superintendent, Eastern VA AREC

VT Eastern Virginia Agriculture Research & Extension Center

FHB Research and Breeding

Dr. Josh Fitzgerald: Small Grains Research Associate

VT School of Plant & Environmental Sciences

Current, New, and Upcoming Barley Varieties

Mr. Wynse Brooks: Senior Research Associate, Barley Breeder

VT School of Plant & Environmental Sciences

Current, New, and Upcoming Hard Red Wheat Varieties

Dr. Limei Liu: Research Associate, Hard Red and Bread Wheat Breeder

VT School of Plant & Environmental Sciences

Introduction to Hybrid Rye

Mr. Claus Nymard: Product Manager, Hybrid Rye

KWS Cereals USA

Parts of Virginia Under Increased Risk for Fusarium Head Blight

April 13, 2020

Most of our wheat in Virginia has just begun to head; early lines planted at the Eastern VA AREC in Warsaw started heading around April 9-10. According to the National FHB Risk Assessment Tool, FHB risk for wheat flowering April 9-13 is medium to high for parts of Eastern Virginia, including the Northern Neck, middle peninsula, and Tidewater. 

The in-season risk map allows the user to go to their area and determine the risk (low, medium, high) of FHB in their area based on whether they have a susceptible, moderately susceptible, or moderately resistant variety. The estimated FHB risk is based on the probability of an FHB epidemic with greater than 10% field severity using relative humidity data 15 days prior to flowering. The above figure shows a medium to high risk for susceptible varieties flowering on April 13. However, if moderately resistant varieties are planted, the FHB risk is low. 

FHB index for varieties in the Virginia Tech State Wheat Tests can be found here.

For more information, visit the National Fusarium Risk Tool (wheatscab.psu.edu).