Damage of wheat [Triticum aestivum] and barley [Hordeum vulgare] in 1998 harvest year by unusual weather in Kyushu and Yamaguchi districts [Japan]

In Kyushu and Yamaguchi districts of Japan, poor emergence of wheat and barley was caused by a long rain in November, 1997. The long rain and high temperature at the reproductive stage also caused wet' injury and scab (Gibberella zeae (Schweinitz) Petch. Therefore, the yield and quality of wheat and barley were decreased. The crop situation index of two-rowed barley in Kumamoto Prefecture was only 8, while that in each prefecture in northern Kyushu district was 50∼60. The survey for the agricultural union in Fukuoka Prefecture showed that the yield of two-rowed barley was 48%/10a, which was about 14% of that in a normal year.