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218 WheatSeveral systems exist to identify crop stages, with the Feekes <strong>and</strong>Zadoks scales being the most widely used. Each scale is a st<strong>and</strong>ard systemwhich describes successive stages reached by the crop during theagricultural season.DiseasesEstimates of the amount of wheat production lost owing to plantdiseases vary between 10-25% in Missouri.l A wide range of organismsinfect wheat, of which the most important are viruses <strong>and</strong> fungi.

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