Wheat Curl Mite and Wheat Streak Mosaic in Moderate Trichome Density Wheat Cultivars

(...) Arkan' and TAM 108' had moderate trichome densities on leaves two, four and six (three-leaf mean = 28.4 and 22.8 mm -2 , respectively) and were more heavily infested by WCM in greenhouse and field tests when compared to cultivars (Century, TAM 107, Larned and Newton) that have low trichome densities (6.0, 8.6, 5.0 and 5.7 trichomes mm -2 , respectively). (...)Some cultivars now widely grown in Kansas may have sufficient pubescence to significantly increase their susceptibility to WSMV (...)