In recent years, the talk around disease in winter wheat has been about yellow rust. Mild winters and warm dry springs meant that this disease has overtaken septoria tritici, which has historically been the major issue due to our maritime climate. However, in June this year, growers started reporting unexpectedly high levels of septoria. This followed a cold dry April when crops were stressed and disease levels were low. T0s were missed or reduced but fast forward to May and the weather turned wet and fungicide timings became stretched. Many varieties saw higher disease levels than their Recommended List resistance…