A Kansas State University plant pathologist says researchers and producers need to work together to control a soilborne disease in soybeans that can rob that crop of yields.
“Sudden death syndrome is a soilborne disease of soybean that affects the...
Scientists work to get a handle on taproot decline
A monster that lives by eating the dead is hiding underground, and it has developed a taste for soybeans.
For the past two years, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers have worked in...
The University of Kentucky Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab in Princeton confirmed the first case of red crown rot in the state during the week of Sept. 13. At this point in the growing season, this disease will have the...
Taproot decline is appearing in more soybean fields at higher levels than in previous years based on recent observations in Alabama. Taproot decline is caused by the fungus Xylaria necrophora and was first detected in the mid-2000s in the...
Cercospora leaf blight has been a bane to soybean farmers in the Mid-South region for more than two decades, costing the industry more than $250 million in the past five years alone. Now, thanks to a three-year, $324,988 research...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Farmers: Know thine enemy.
For decades, Arkansas growers, and the consultants and Extension agents who support their efforts, have combatted various soilborne diseases that either hobble or outright destroy crops.
Some diseases, along with the pathogens that...
Attendees of the LSU AgCenter’s recent Agronomic Crops School got in the field with scientists for some hands-on lessons in pest control, crop management practices, new technologies and more.
The event, held Aug. 5 at the AgCenter Dean Lee Research...
Rain, heat and humidity are a recipe for disease in the field.
Edward Sikora, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System plant pathologist, said foliar diseases have become more prevalent on soybeans during the past several weeks.
“We have a number of soybean...
The Environmental Protection Agency has registered AZterknot fungicide from Vive Crop Protection for use on a wide array of crops, including corn, cotton, peanuts, rice and soybeans.
It is a premix of a traditional fungicide, azoxystrobin, and a biological, an...
As the growing season ramps up, grain producers have a new set of free educational tools that can help them better protect their crops from diseases.
The Crop Protection Network, an international network of Cooperative Extension specialists and public and...
North Carolina State University has launched the Soybean Diagnostic Key, a database-driven identification tool, accompanied by instructions for use.
Many disorders can mimic one another. Hopefully this key provides helpful information to differentiate between disorders in the field. In many cases,...
Corn and soybean producers know that an essential part of pest management is crop scouting. This subject is as vast as the tasks associated with it, and the benefits are evident to farmers. The Crop Protection Network has released...
New editions of the most widely used publications from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are now available and offer the latest research-based recommendations for managing insects, weeds and diseases in row crop agriculture, as well as...
• By David Moseley, Daniel Stephenson, Sebe Brown, Boyd Padgett, Trey Price and Michael Deliberto •
The 2020 soybean season has been one for the history books.
In March, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated Louisiana producers would increase soybean acres...
University of Missouri Extension agronomists reported during their weekly teleconference that sudden death syndrome is showing up in soybean fields across the state.
MU Extension plant pathologist Kaitlyn Bissonnette says she is not surprised that the yield-robbing disease has reared...
