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Ohio Wheat: Mild Winter Means Early Disease Development
When the winter is as mild as it was this past year, pathogens that would have otherwise been killed or at least suppressed by the cold temperatures end up surviving
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Tennessee Corn: Scout Fields Before Making Fungicide Decisions
With the earliest planted corn in Tennessee tasseling, corn should be scouted for diseases which are key factors when considering fungicide applications.
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Tennessee Corn: Limited Disease Activity Due to Dry Spells
Only low levels of common rust and gray leaf spot have been reported in corn this season. The dry spells that have occurred most likely suppressed disease, but with regular
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Kentucky Corn: Conditions More Favorable for Disease Development
With the recent rainfall received in the state, conditions have become more favorable for some foliar corn diseases that are now being observed. UK Plant Pathology interns have been scouting
View ArticleMichigan 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 driving rainfall caused severe lodging in many corn fields in
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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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Ohio Wheat: Mild Winter Means Early Disease Development
When the winter is as mild as it was this past year, pathogens that would have otherwise been killed or at least suppressed by the cold temperatures end up surviving
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Tennessee Corn: Scout Fields Before Making Fungicide Decisions
With the earliest planted corn in Tennessee tasseling, corn should be scouted for diseases which are key factors when considering fungicide applications.
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Tennessee Corn: Limited Disease Activity Due to Dry Spells
Only low levels of common rust and gray leaf spot have been reported in corn this season. The dry spells that have occurred most likely suppressed disease, but with regular
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Kentucky Corn: Conditions More Favorable for Disease Development
With the recent rainfall received in the state, conditions have become more favorable for some foliar corn diseases that are now being observed. UK Plant Pathology interns have been scouting
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Alabama Corn: Recognizing Common Rust, Southern Leaf Blight
Several weeks ago, Alabama Cooperative Extension System plant pathologists confirmed the presence of Southern corn rust in corn at the Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center. With continued rains and
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