Current List of Counties where Southern Corn Rust has been reported Mitchell (Stripling Plots) Clay Jeff Davis Laurens Dooly Atkinson Coffee Baker Early I think that is our current list Our row-crop disease situation is pretty much the same as from my last e-mail. Environmental conditions continue to be…
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It is time to start considering Peanut Maturity checks. Some fields seem to be ahead of schedule! How to Sample A good sample will improve accuracy of digging date. Pull up or dig up at least 5 to 6 plants at a time from at least three representative parts of…
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August: a month to manage diseases both now and in the futureBob Kemerait, Plant Pathologist, UGAAugust is a month that is critically important for disease and nematode management for peanutsgrown in Georgia. Heat, humidity, sporadic rainfall, days since planting, and growth of the peanut plantsall put the crop at high…
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Picture – cotton boll rot sent by Jeremy in Colquitt County. Treatments: as far as I know and my colleagues across the cotton belt know, there is NO product, fungicide or otherwise, that can be sprayed to control boll UNLESS you are talking about an insecticide applied to manage…
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Hot and hotter. 5:20 AM and my air conditioner is running. I’m not the only one awake now. Who else is awake? White mold and Southern corn rust are awake. They never sleep. I guarantee the warm night temperatures now and the humidity are fueling them. I can almost hear…
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2022 Wheat Disease and Fungicide Update Rome Ethredge and Alfredo Martinez-Espinoza Foliar Diseases – Recent weather patterns in the southern US can contribute to the dispersal and establishment of wheat diseases. Critical wheat growth stages are quickly approaching; therefore, scouting of wheat fields should commence or increase if already occurring. …
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Disease Management at 60 days and BeyondBy Bob KemeraitMany of our peanut fields have reached, or are now beyond, 60 days after planting. During thistime of the season it is critical to protect a peanut crop from white mold and from leaf spotdiseases. Currently, rainfall has been abundant in many…
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Weather and Climate Update for August and BeyondBy Pam Knox, Agricultural ClimatologistAfter a couple of hot days, the beginning of August is expected to be cooler and wetter thannormal, especially across the southern half of Georgia, as a nearly stationary front is expectedto sit over the area for a lot…
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Managing Target Spot and Areolate Mildew in Cotton KemeraitTarget spot (Corynespora cassiicola) and areolate mildew (Ramulariopsis gossyppii) are the two most important diseases affecting cotton in Georgia later in the growing season. For both target spot and areolate mildew, judicious use of fungicides not only protects the crop, but can…
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Row Crop Disease UpdateKemerait and BrennemanOver the next week, temperatures in southern Georgia as expected to be near 100 degrees for several days. Such very warm conditions can bring a greater urgency to early-season disease control in the peanut crop with regards to Aspergillus crown rot and white mold. Risk…
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Young cotton seedlings wilting and dying soon after emergence with a tell-tale lesion girdling the stem just below the soil line are classic for Rhizoctonia soreshin. While there may be other causes for seedling death, the lesion just below the soil line and, sometimes, barely visible fungal “threads” in association…
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