Early Season Soybean Concerns – Part 2
Damping off is the rotting and death of seeds and seedlings and the symptoms can show in soybean plants prior to or just after emergence. Pathogens that can cause damping off, such as Pythium, Fusarium, Phytophthora, and Rhizoctonia are generally favored by wet soils following planting and for most of the country we certainly have had just that this year.
Early Season Soybean Concerns
Recent weather has caused an array of pests to emerge on early season soybean plants. Several of them may look familiar as corn pests too.
Flooding Impacts on 2024 Crops
Many areas across the AgVenture network and Midwest have seen an abundance of recent rainfall, presenting a formidable challenge to farmers and their crops. See what steps you can take to produce more bushels in the fall if you find your fields in this situation.
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.