Much of the wheat in the state is still a week away from harvest but it will be coming off soon.

As corn harvest nears completion across the state, moldy ear problems have been reported in NW Ohio especially in certain corn hybrids planted late after June 1.

If the 2010 growing season was any indication, disease management needs to be one of the top things on growers’ lists if they are going to have a great wheat crop, says an Ohio State University Extension plant pathologist.

Technology developed by researchers at The Ohio State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) that will help manage the spread of one of the worst diseases affecting crops such as wheat and barley, has been licensed to Sci Protek, Inc., based in Vista, Calif.