Amanda Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Potato & Vegetable Pathology, Plant Pathology Department Update 3 – May 12, 2019 Potato & vegetable planting updates Potato disease forecasting intro and update
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Wisconsin Pest Bulletin, May 23, 2019
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Volume 64 Issue No. 04 of the Wisconsin Pest Bulletin is now available at: https://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/pb/pdf/05-23-19.pdf LOOKING AHEAD: Peak black cutworm damage window opening this weekend …
Corn Replant/Late-plant Decisions in Wisconsin
Dr. Joe Lauer, UW-Madison Agronomy and Extension State Corn Specialist Many areas of Wisconsin are faced with a late-planting situation for corn. Please see the first publication pictured below (http://corn.agronomy.wisc.edu/Pubs/UWEX/A3353.pdf) for guidelines on yield impacts …
Is Strip-till a Useful Soil Management Tool for Wisconsin Corn and Soybean Production?
Shawn P. Conley, Department of Agronomy, and Damon Smith, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison IN A BEAN POD Strip-till reduced penetration resistance in the root zone of strip-till rows. Soybean seed yield was …
Adjust Your Seeding Rate (Higher) But Not Your Maturity Group For Late May Planted Soybean
Adapted from original article written in 2018 by Authors: S.P.Conley, J.M Gaska, S. Mourtiznis, D. Mueller, and A. Varenhorst With only 11 days left in May and roughly only 19% of the Midwestern soybean crop …
How Will Delayed Planting Influence Crop Diseases in 2019?
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Darcy Telenko, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Purdue University We keep getting this question, because as we write this, it is storming yet again in many locations …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update – May 21, 2019
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Brian Mueller, Assistant Field Researcher, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Winter wheat in Wisconsin continues to move through growth stages …
Be on the Lookout for Slug Activity
Bryan Jensen, Department of Entomology, Division of Extension The cool, wet weather has me thinking ……… of slugs. Although some of our best control practices including tillage, crop rotation, not using insecticide seed treatments and …
Alfalfa Weevil
Bryan Jensen, Department of Entomology, Division of Extension Alfalfa weevil eggs are probably starting to hatch in southern Wisconsin. Although usually considered an occasional pest, there seems to be isolated areas of Wisconsin that receive …
European Corn Borer Resistance Confirmed to Cry1F
Bryan Jensen, Department of Entomology, Division of Extension Perhaps this won’t come as a surprise, but field resistance has been confirmed in a European corn borer population to the Cry1F protein. However, you may be surprised …