The AHDB has given more than £800,000 to scientific research to deliver independent fungicide efficacy data for key diseases ...

Applying a foliar fungicide in corn is a go-to practice every year for Chad Eitmann, who grows corn and soybeans in southwest Iowa, near Treynor. “It wasn’t that way 15 years or so ago, but it ...

Foliar fungicides are often used in other crops to promote overall health even in the absence of disease. However, in sorghum studies yield has seldom been enhanced and it is almost never economical.

Tar spot has already been recognized in some areas across Midwest cornfields, and recent stretches of wet weather have begun ...

Several fungicides are available to help manage these foliar diseases with a recommended application occurring at late vegetative stages through R1 in corn, and R1- in soybean for white mold and R3 in ...

Foliar diseases, such as gray leaf spot, northern corn leaf blight, and southern rust, were estimated to cause annual losses ranging from 19,029 to 244,149 metric tons from 2012 to 2015 in Kentucky.

For instance, the best foliar fungicide application timing for white mold at R1 growth stage (one open flower per plant on 50% of the plants), according to Michigan State University Extension.

A new article was just released to answer questions about making a decision to use a foliar fungicide in late planted corn and soybeans. In Indiana it will be very important to continue to monitor ...

"We've done research on fungicides in the absence of disease for several years now at Purdue. What we've found is that when we don't have disease pressure there - foliar diseases such as frogeye leaf ...

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