IPM of mite-vectored viruses
The goal of this multi-state project is to reduce losses from mite-vectored virus diseases (MVVD) of wheat by providing growers with new information and techniques for site-specific IPM. Current recommendations for disease management were developed in the 1960’s, but recent development of cultivars with genetic resistance to the vector and/or pathogen, and improved understanding of vector ecology and epidemiology, create opportunities to develop new IPM approaches.