Fungicides
With farmer and regulator eyes turned toward the two companies, Bayer and Monsanto technology leads on Thursday repeated their confidence the merger will close by the end of 2017. The companies need approval from regulatory authorities in 30 countries.
This new in-furrow fungicide pushes past former limits by providing more than just early-season protection, and instead protects the plant throughout the entire season.
On Thursday Corteva Agriscience, the Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, announced a new novel fungicide to be named Advelt.
Anytime corn is stressed photosynthesis is reduced, which limits carbohydrate production and increases risk of stalk rot. The rots you see could be different depending on your stress, wet or dry
When it comes to fungicide, critically examine your opportunity for yield increases to determine whether two, one or any application is needed.
After several days of rain in recent weeks the majority of corn growing states are officially drought free—and in some cases looking more like lakes than fields. For young corn seedlings, continued pounding rain could compound pest problems and even lead to replant.
If your area has experienced cooler weather and high rainfall this summer, conditions are ripe for this particular pathogen.
John Leslie is a distinguished professor who heads the plant pathology department at Kansas State University.
One of the contributing factors to our alfalfa stand losses is a root rot called Aphanomyces race 2. The prolonged wet conditions allowed this root disease to finish off already-weakened alfalfa crowns.