What to Do When Wheat Gets Root Rot? A Detailed Guide to Prevention and Control Methods

First, select root rot-resistant varieties suitable for the local area; second, apply compost fermented with enzyme bacteria or decomposed organic fertilizer; then, after the wheat harvest, plow and clear the stubble, and at the same time rotate with potatoes, rapeseed, and other crops. In addition, sowing at the right time is also very important.

1. Causes of Wheat Root Rot

1. Weather causes

There are many weather-related causes, such as the common heavy rain and low temperatures. Under such conditions, wheat has weaker resistance itself, and the probability of root rot occurring is much greater.

2. Field management

Inadequate management during land preparation and sowing, such as sowing too late or too early, sowing too deep or too shallow, and poor quality of field land preparation, means wheat grown under these conditions is very susceptible to root rot.

3. Many years of continuous cropping

In plots where only wheat is planted year after year, apart from severe root rot, other pests and diseases will also occur severely. There is no need to say more about this; it is a soil problem in that plot.

4. Root problems

When wheat roots develop wounds or breakage for some reason, they are also very susceptible to root rot. Under the same conditions, intact wheat roots are better able to resist disease invasion.

2. Distribution Range of Wheat Root Rot

In Northeast China, Northwest China, North China, Inner Mongolia, and other places in China, wheat root rot occurs frequently, and the disease can also infect gramineous crops such as barley, oats, and rye, as well as more than 30 species of gramineous weeds. Therefore, everyone must do a good job of prevention and control to avoid losses caused by a large-scale outbreak of this disease.