Rome Ethridge, Interim UGA Grains and Soybean Agronomist
Anthracnose disease is jumping in our later planted Grain Sorghum this week. It’s a disease that is often not too bad but can move quickly and cause yield loss. Some folks reporting that it wasn’t visible at all a week ago but is now in many fields. Certain varieties are more susceptible to it and later in the growing season it is worse. Our UGA plant pathologist, Alfredo Martinez says we can apply a fungicide to help with this problem but it needs to go out quickly. Labeled fungicides of choice would be Topguard, Priaxor, and Veltyma, among others. Contact us for rates and more information.
If grain is already hard its far enough along that a fungicide won’t be needed. Some of the worst affected I’ve seen is milo planted after corn under a pivot.
White sugarcane aphids have also been a problem this year in milo.
Older crop Milo harvest is going on and here’s a