(Photo: smallgrains.wsu.edu)
Speckled snow mold is visible on infected winter wheat soon after snowmelt.
April 13, 2017
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Conditions may be conducive to snow mold on winter wheat
Snow mold can be a dramatic and devastating plant disease. In the Pacific Northwest, snow molds are important in areas where snow falls on unfrozen or lightly frozen soil and persists for 100 days or more.