The 7 entries in Laisha's encyclopedia that attack Barley, grouped by type. Each page covers identification, life cycle, the conditions that favour it, action thresholds and integrated management.

Growing Barley? The free Barley grow guide covers the crop from sowing to harvest.

Insect pests

• Bird cherry-oat aphidRhopalosiphum padiInsect · A dark olive-green aphid of wheat, barley, oats, maize and grasses, recognised by a rusty-red patch around…
• Desert locustSchistocerca gregariaInsect · A large grasshopper that normally lives alone in the deserts between West Africa and India, but after good…

Fungal diseases

• Fusarium head blight (head scab) of wheat and barleyFusarium graminearumFungal disease · Fusarium head blight, or scab, bleaches the ears of wheat and barley when warm, wet weather coincides with…
• Powdery mildew of wheat and barleyBlumeria graminisFungal disease · Powdery mildew covers the leaves, stems and ears of wheat and barley with fluffy white to grey pustules that…
• Stem rust of wheat (black rust)Puccinia graminis f. sp. triticiFungal disease · Stem rust, or black rust, is historically the most feared disease of wheat: in a warm, humid season it can…
• Wheat blastPyricularia oryzae Triticum lineageFungal disease · Wheat blast is a fast, destructive disease of wheat caused by a wheat-adapted lineage of the rice blast…
• Yellow rust of wheat (stripe rust)Puccinia striiformis f. sp. triticiFungal disease · Yellow rust, or stripe rust, is a cool-weather rust that covers wheat leaves with stripes of bright…