Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison This week the University of Wisconsin Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic confirmed Goss’s wilt in dent corn from Grant County in Wisconsin (CLICK …
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Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Tests 2014
Shawn Conley, Adam Roth, John Gaska, Damon Smith The Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Tests are conducted each year to give growers information to select the best-performing varieties that will satisfy their specific goals. The performance …
Alfalfa Mosaic Virus on Soybean in Wisconsin
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Calls, photos, and plant samples have been coming in over the last week (8/1/2014) pertaining to soybeans exhibiting abnormal growth and varying …
Wisconsin Soybean Phytophthora Root Rot Survey Update
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Plant Pathologist Anette Phibbs, Plant Pathologist with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, reports that the 2014 survey of early vegetative soybeans shows high levels of Phytophthora root …
Cercospora Leaf Blight and Purple Seed Stain of Soybean
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin Over the last several weeks, soybean samples have been coming into the Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab with symptoms of Cercospora leaf blight (CLB). I have …
Tasseling Corn – Scout Now for Foliar Diseases and What About Fungicide
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin I have been riding through much of the southern tier of Wisconsin this week and am noticing quite a few corn fields that are beginning …
Fusarium Head Blight and Other Winter Wheat Diseases in Wisconsin, 2014
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Shawn P. Conley, Extension Soybean and Small Grains Agronomist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Winter wheat in most of Wisconsin is maturing nicely and starting to dry …
Managing White Mold in Soybean
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin Farmers in the Great Lakes area of the U.S. may be concerned about white mold (also called Sclerotinia stem rot) in soybean this year. The disease, …
Foliar applied fungicides for control of alfalfa diseases
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin Scott Chapman, Research Associate, University of Wisconsin Bryan Jensen, IPM Program, University of Wisconsin An evaluation of foliar applied fungicides for control of diseases of …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update – June 24, 2014
Damon L. Smith – Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin I have spent the last several days rating winter wheat variety trials and fungicide trials at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station in Arlington, Wisconsin, …