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<\/p>\n\n\n\nYoung 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.\u00a0 While there may be other causes for seedling death, the lesion just below the soil line and, sometimes, barely visible fungal “threads” in association with the lesion are strong indications of Soreshin disease.\u00a0 If you need help with what you have in the field, do not hesitate to contact me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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For cotton already planted, there is nothing to be done other than consider replanting if stand loss is severe.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Corn:\u00a0 Some of our earliest planted corn is approaching the tassel growth stage.\u00a0 It is likely to find spots from herbicide drift in the corn.\u00a0 The world is not ending.\u00a0 At least not yet.\u00a0 You may also find Northern corn leaf SPOT and COMMON rust in the older, lower leaves.\u00a0 Again, the world is not ending.\u00a0 Yet.\u00a0 But you should also be on the look-out for Northern Corn Leaf Blight (lesions shaped and about the size of a Swisher Sweet).\u00a0 A few lesions scattered throughout the field give us a chance for some “eye candy” pictures, but no need for a fungicide.\u00a0 A lot of Northern Corn Leaf Blight lesions on a susceptible variety on lower leaves COULD necessitate a fungicide application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s going to be cooler and wetter over the next couple of days which could slow germination and growth of young seedlings and affect vigor.\u00a0 Cooler and wetter may mean ice and freezing rain in the black-weather-hole that is Putnam County and the stomping ground of Keith Fielder.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Should a grower hold-off planting for a couple days?\u00a0 It wouldn’t hurt from disease and nematode standpoints.\u00a0 Rapid germination and vigorous growth and development help a crop escape some seedling disease.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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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.\u00a0 While there may be other causes for seedling death, the lesion just below the soil line and, sometimes, barely visible fungal “threads” in association with the lesion are strong […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn","category-cotton","category-disease"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":702,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}