soybean diseases

• By Lindsey Thiessen • Early planting conditions for soybeans were cool and wet, which has lead to numerous reports of stand loss to damping off pathogens. Farmers who have not yet planted soybeans should also be mindful of the...

Soybean seedling diseases can cripple the establishment of soybean stands. A cool, wet winter has set the stage for cooler soil temperatures and high moisture levels in fields. These elements could create the perfect environment for diseases to take...

• By Tom Allen • Soybean rust We don’t talk about soybean rust much as an issue, because it rarely has impacted yield. But with some late soybean acres in Mississippi, monitoring the disease this season might be important. To date,...

Asian soybean rust was confirmed on older kudzu leaves from Tattnall County near Reidsville, April 9, according to a Web post from Bob Kemerait, a University of Georgia plant pathologist based at Tifton. Although the pustules were moderately sporulating, no...

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 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...