Each year the Wisconsin Field Crops Pathology Program conducts a wide array of fungicide and disease management tests on alfalfa, corn, soybeans, and wheat. These tests help inform researchers, practitioners, and farmers about the efficacy …
Plant Disease
Disease Development and Deoxynivalenol (DON) Accumulation in Silage Corn
New Research Update: Disease Development and Deoxynivalenol Accumulation in Silage Corn Summary Fusarium graminearum is a fungus that causes the two diseases, Gibberella ear rot and Gibberella stalk rot, which can lower yield and feed quality of silage corn. …
Tar Spot of Corn Is Here To Stay
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Roger Schmidt, Nutrient and Pest Management Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison So…let’s start working on how to manage it in Wisconsin. Here is a …
Wisconsin Soybean and Corn Disease Update
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Brian Mueller, Camila Primieri Nicolli, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison It has been a while since I posted a corn and soybean disease update for Wisconsin in …
Wisconsin Soybean and Corn Disease Update – July 7, 2021
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Reporting on July 7th: If soybeans are flowering and the area between rows is filled in more than 50%, white mold infection …
Fireworks Fly! Time to Think about White Mold Management in Soybeans in Wisconsin
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison In Wisconsin, the first week of July brings us a heightened awareness of white mold in soybeans, and its management. The 2020 season …
Insights on In-Season Corn Disease Management Decisions For the 2021 Season
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Corn is approaching the V6-V10 range of growth stages in much of Wisconsin. With this, comes many questions about applying fungicide to …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update – May 28
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Winter wheat in Southern and South-central Wisconsin is quickly approaching anthesis. By early next week the window of opportunity to apply fungicide for Fusarium head blight …
Managing Winter Wheat Diseases in Wisconsin During 2021
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Up until this week, diseases of winter wheat have been basically non-existent. Dry weather leading to a moderate drought in much of the state has …
What’s the Skinny on Foliar Fungicides for Alfalfa in Wisconsin?
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison View this complete article on BadgerCropDoc.com blog site. Summary: With high commodity prices this spring and some freeze events affecting alfalfa …