• Reviews the range of integrated disease management techniques deployable by farmers to prevent and/or control disease outbreaks
• Addresses the challenge of fungicide resistance in cereal production
• Considers recent developments in breeding disease-resistant varieties of wheat

Dr Stephen Wegulo is a Professor in the School of Plant Health and Insect Sciences and Extension Specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. His expertise is in the areas of epidemiology and disease management. Professor Wegulo has authored or co-authored more than 80 refereed journal papers, six book chapters and collectively more than 500 Extension and other non-refereed publications. He has served as an editor of four refereed journals for 22 years including as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Crop Protection for 13 years.