Tag: Stem rot
Florida Peanuts: End of Season Disease Notes Oct 3, 2022
As the end of the peanut season approaches, there are many things that need to be done, however, do not forget to pay attention to late season diseases. Leaf spots and rust diseases are […]
Florida Peanuts: Early-Season Disease Management Considerations May 3, 2021
Peanut planting has already begun in Florida, so preseason decisions, such as varietal selection, and in-furrow applications have already been made by many peanut growers. Thus, decisions for management of […]
Florida Peanuts: Early Season Disease Observations Jun 28, 2019
The peanut field conditions have gone from hot and dry in early June to a mix of wet and dry at the end of the month across much of Florida’s […]
California Rice: Stem Rot – Identification and Management Sep 13, 2017
In the past two years, I have received several reports of fields suffering yield loses due to stem rot. Last year I saw several affected fields. This year, I am […]
Michigan Soybeans: Assessing Water Damage to Emerged Crops Jun 23, 2017
Heavy rain on June 22-23, 2017, has created waterlogged and ponded areas in many soybean fields in Michigan. (Similar flooding occured in 2015). The excess soil water is detrimental to […]
Georgia: Cotton, Soybeans, Peanuts – Late Season Disease Considerations Sep 27, 2016
Georgia is really starting to get busy with harvest as growers are full throttle digging peanuts and defoliating cotton, but that doesn’t mean disease season is quite over yet.
Delaware Soybeans: Keep Watch for Brown Stem Rot Sep 9, 2016
Brown Stem Rot (BSR) is a fungal disease of soybeans that has never been positively confirmed in the Chesapeake Bay area, although suspect plants have been occasionally observed over the […]
Ohio: Decisions, Decisions – Prevent Disease with Variety Selection Sep 22, 2015
Each year things seem to be coming earlier, choices need to be made even before we have this current crop in the grain bin, much less have it sold. Here […]
South Dakota Corn, Soybeans: Stem Rot and Goss’s Wilt Increasing Sep 3, 2015
Some soybean fields are beginning to change color and some corn is already half-way to the milk line. While disease threat on yield is minimal at this stage, some diseases […]