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Kentucky: Use of Strobilurin Fungicides in Corn

Strobilurin fungicides are highly effective for controlling a number of diseases in corn and other crops. They also are known […]

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Iowa Corn: Anthracnose Leaf Blight, Other Diseases Showing Up

I have had a few emails, tweets and phone calls from folks who are starting to find disease in corn […]

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Kentucky Corn: Keep Watch for Gray Leaf Spot

This is just a reminder of the factors that favor a positive yield response from a strobilurin fungicide in corn. […]

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Indiana Corn: Weather Diseases Becoming a Problem

An abundance of rain that for weeks delayed many Indiana farmers from planting corn has teamed with humidity to create […]

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Kentucky Corn Harvest: Managing Heavy Ears and Shallow Roots

The frequent and plentiful rains throughout this season have helped to produce some very large ears and rather small roots […]

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Nebraska Corn: Selecting Hybrids to Minimize Diseases in 2014

Carefully planning for the next crop season can help minimize many corn diseases and the losses they cause. Selecting more […]

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Tennessee Corn: Fungicide Considerations in Tassling Fields

With corn tasseling in Tennessee, it is time to consider a fungicide application.

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Iowa Corn, Soybeans: Fungicide Considerations

We will have a fair amount of corn tasseling shortly after the weekend – so fungicide application season is about […]

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Kentucky Corn: Diseases on the Rise

Reports from various agronomists across south central Kentucky indicate a pretty serious outbreak of Grey Leaf Spot, along with regular […]

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Michigan Corn: Test Stalk Strength by Getting Pushy with Your Crop

The 2014 crop season had its fair share of severe weather across southwest Michigan. Heavy thunderstorm winds in combination with […]

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Mississippi Corn: Limited Foliar Disease Activity

For the most part, corn diseases have been few and far between with limited foliar disease activity, which at this point in the season is a good sign.

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Midwest Corn: Leaf Disease – To Spray or Not to Spray? – DTN

Illinois farmer Adam Watson is playing the waiting game when it comes to corn disease this year. Unrelenting rains across most of the Midwest have resulted in very early outbreaks

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Illinois Corn: Diseases Appearing North After Frequent Rains

Last week, I visited all of the University of Illinois corn variety trials in the northern half of the state.  Gray leaf spot and northern leaf blight were beginning to

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Tennessee Sorghum: Scout for Disease at 8 Leaves, Heading

Sorghum fields should be scouted for foliar diseases around the 8 leaf stage and again at heading.

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Tennessee Corn: Foliar Diseases and Fungicide Applications

Trying to decide whether or not to spray fungicide on your corn? First, you should scout for diseases.

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Ohio Corn: Foliar Diseases Already Showing Up

Foliar diseases, especially Gray Leaf Spot (GLS) and Northern Corn Leaf Blight (NCLB), are already showing up in some corn fields. Although this a little bit on the early side

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Missouri Corn: Another “Interesting” Year for Foliar Diseases

This is shaping up to be another “interesting” year for corn in Missouri and most of the Midwest. Prolonged periods of wet weather and then flooding delayed planting or led

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Nebraska Corn: Southern Rust in Northeast, Gray Leaf Spot Increasing

Southern rust (Figure 1) has been confirmed in many counties in eastern Nebraska, including as far north as Cedar and Knox counties bordering South Dakota, as indicated on the IPM

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Nebraska Corn: Cooler Temps Favor Diseases

Gray Leaf Spot Gray leaf spot (Figure 1a) continues to be a concern in many fields.  Some people are reporting increasing severity and development of new gray leaf spot lesions

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Corn, Soybeans – Midwest: Combines Starting to Roll; Disease Hanging On – AgFax

Combines are beginning to roll across some corn fields in Kentucky, Missouri and Ohio. Diseases continue to be a challenge: northern corn leaf blight, gray leaf spot, frogeye leaf spot,

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