Wheat rust early warning in Sicily

The early warning system for Sicily was developed solely by Biagio Randazzo, AS.A.R in Sicily and it supplements the Field Nursery system developed in RustWatch. Biagio is head of the family seeds company,  AS.A.R, born in late ’70s. The aim was to increase yield and quality of agricultural crops by introducing new varieties with high potential of yield and stability. Since ‘2000s AS.A.R. has build up a durum wheat and barley breeding program and now cooperates with national and international research centres.

Use the scroller to define start and end date on the disease map. The CV selector shows cultivars with recorded attach in 2021. Select cultivars via the drop down list. Click on a cultivar name + Delete button to deselect. VDD=Vernalisation Degree Days, GDD= Growing Degree Days. Vento=Wind (speed and direction is shown).