Although soybean seed quality issues seen during 2018 aren't as bad as 2009, they are more widespread and extend beyond the Mid-South and Mississippi River Delta.
Dr. Bobby Golden, Mississippi State University Extension rice and soil fertility agronomist, and Dr....
• By Dr. Lindsey Thiessen •
Many of the soybeans in North Carolina are past the critical growth stages for impact by soybean rust, but there may be a few late-planted, later-maturing fields that could be affected by the disease.
Since Hurricane...
The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Syngenta's Vibrance Trio seed treatment, which contains a three-fungicide premix.
The treatment targets a host of diseases during the early season, including Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia, Pythium, Fusarium, seedborne Phomopsis and seedborne Sclerotinia.
The active ingredients are mefenoxam, fludioxonil...
The Environmental Protection Agency recently registered pydiflumetofen, an SDHI fungicide Syngenta plans to market under the Miravis label. State registrations are pending.
The product, a member of the Fungicide Resistance Action Committee's Group 7, is labeled for use on corn,...
The Louisiana State University's AgCenter will hold a crop production and pest management field day expo, June 19, at the Tom H. Scott Research, Extension and Education Center in Winnsboro.
The expo represents a new field day model intended to...
The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Delaro fungicide, a premix of two products, from Bayer CropScience for use on soybeans and corn. It is registered in most states except for Utah, California and Alaska.
The premix contains the active ingredients...
Cary, N.C.-based Arysta LifeSciences has introduced Rancona V 100 Pro seed treatment for soybeans.
It contains the active ingredients ipconazole for control of Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, smuts, bunts and seed rots, as well as carboxin, which stimulates early seedling vigor and...
The non-profit Plant Management Network has released an online educational webcast that takes an in-depth look at Fusarium root rot.
Developed Berlin Nelson Jr., professor and soybean plant pathologist at North Dakota State University, the presentation is titled "The Fusarium...
Plant frogeye leaf spot-resistant varieties and avoid solo QoI applications if fungicides are needed.
By Vicky Boyd
Editor
As strobilurin-resistant frogeye leaf spot (FLS) continues to expand across much of the Southern soybean production region, Extension specialists say using resistant varieties remains a grower’s best option.
“The No. 1 recommendation I...
Newly named soybean taproot decline disease continues to plague growers after a decade, but researchers are hot on the trail.
By Vicky Boyd
Editor
A soybean malady first noticed about 10 years ago causing plant mortality and dubbed the "mystery disease"...
The University of Arkansas has published its latest guide to diseases of tree and row crops ranging from apples to zucchini, including soybeans and rice. The 95-page guide, known officially as MP154, is available free for the download at www.uaex.edu.
With...
Experts weigh in on what it takes to control frogeye leaf spot and other diseases that are prevalent in the Mid-South. ‘Magic bullets’ have lost various degrees of efficacy.
Record high soybean yields across the Mid-South are prompting growers and...
■ Enlist Duo approved for use in additional states
The EPA has approved Enlist Duo herbicide for use in additional states. A key component of the innovative Enlist Weed Control System, Enlist Duo with Colex-D Technology is the only herbicide...
To avoid pest-related yield loss, growers and other stakeholders in crop production need timely and geographically relevant information.
By Moneen M. Jones
and Joseph M. Russo
Food security refers to the conditions under which individuals have access to sufficient amounts of...
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