{"id":580,"date":"2020-05-27T19:49:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T19:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/?p=580"},"modified":"2020-05-27T19:49:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T19:49:11","slug":"ergot-alert-for-the-lower-columbia-basin-may-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/2020\/05\/27\/ergot-alert-for-the-lower-columbia-basin-may-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Ergot Alert for the Lower Columbia Basin, May 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Honeydew has been observed in non-treated, artificially-infested plots at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast to airborne ascospores, honeydew is contact-, splash- or insect-dispersed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presence of honeydew at harvest can make swathing and combining more difficult. Late season scouting and field monitoring will help to develop harvesting\/seed cleaning schedules and identify potential problem fields or areas that will need increased monitoring in the 2021 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to scout for honeydew is to gently brush the flowers and developing seeds with your hand as you walk the field &#8211; if you feel a sticky substance, it may be honeydew from ergot. Aphids, if present, can also produce a sticky substance called honeydew, so, be careful not to confuse ergot honeydew with honeydew secreted by these insect pests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3233\/files\/2020\/05\/image-27.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3233\/files\/2020\/05\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581\" width=\"259\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Upon closer examination, ergot honeydew can often be seen being exuded directly from infected florets (red arrows).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honeydew has been observed in non-treated, artificially-infested plots at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center. In contrast to airborne ascospores, honeydew is contact-, splash- or insect-dispersed. The presence of honeydew at harvest can make swathing and combining more difficult. Late season scouting and field monitoring will help to develop harvesting\/seed cleaning schedules and identify&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/2020\/05\/27\/ergot-alert-for-the-lower-columbia-basin-may-27-2020\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1269983],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ergot-alerts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":585,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions\/585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/coarecplantpathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}