Yield Impacts from Anthracnose in Soybeans
While anthracnose in soybeans often goes unnoticed during the growing season, this disease can subtly undermine seed quality and overall yield during harvest.
Springtime Corn Seedling Diseases – Part 2
See Part 2 of our corn seedling disease articles on soil-inhabiting disease organisms that attack corn seeds and seedlings that include Pythium, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, Penicillium, Colletotrichum, Diplodia, and others. Each of these fungal genera includes multiple species capable of infecting corn that can differ in pathogenicity and environmental influences. Read more on these diseases you may encounter this spring.
Springtime Corn Seedling Diseases
A great ending has to start with a solid beginning. See what Mark Jeschke, Ph.D., Agronomy Manager, Corteva Agriscience says about what corn diseases may be in your fields.
Update from the Field
So you finally got, or are about to get, some rain. Whew! Good news after a tough 6-8 weeks here in the Midwest. What now?
Disease Watch: Northern Corn Leaf Blight
Northern corn leaf blight is an annual threat in cornfields from the Midwest to the Atlantic Coast, wherever environmental conditions are met. It spreads quickly from south to north, riding hurricane winds to infect new areas.