1. Management Practices That Can Improve Durum Wheat Quality Shana Forster Area Extension Agronomist Cropping Systems

2. Durum Wheat Focus

3. Cadmium –Fertilizer Source & Timing Planting Date –Variety x seeding rate x planting date –Pasta quality analysis Fungicide –Timing –Type

4. Application and Timing of Fungicide to Improve Durum Wheat Quality

5. Application of Fungicide to Improve Durum Wheat Quality Carpio, Divide, Joppa & Normanno No fungicide, early, flowering, early + folwering Nesson Valley & Minot

6. Impact of fungicides on durum wheat yield, Minot, 2015

7. Impact of fungicides on durum wheat DON levels, Minot, 2015 a b c c

8. Application of Fungicide to Improve Durum Wheat Quality The test weight (lb/bu) of Carpio and Divide were significantly higher than Joppa, Normanno The protein (%) for Divide and Normanno was significantly higher than Carpio and Joppa

9. US Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative Uniform Trials Carrington Minot (Subset) Joppa durum wheat Application at Feekes 10.51 Application at Feekes 10.5 + Feekes 10.51+5 days

10. Impact of fungicides on Joppa durum wheat yield, Minot, 2015

11. US Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative Uniform Trials Significant differences in test weight and DON –Generally, Prosaro lowest DON, highest t.w. No differences in grain protein level Late applications still beneficial 2016: More post-anthesis split application

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