Disease
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Contents (various authors): Water Requirements vs Water Supplied End of Season Irrigation Weather and Climate Outlook Digger-Shaker-Inverter Setup Late Season Disease Control Excerpts from articles: Water Requirement vs Water Supplied (a different perspective)R. Scott Tubbs & Wesley M. Porter, UGA Oh, the difference a few days can make! It is important to assess how the…
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Longleaf workshop in Statesboro – Oct 11-12: Tifton Bull Test Entry Deadline – September 1st: UGA Site: https://beef.caes.uga.edu/programs/live-animal-programs/georgia-bull-evaluation-centers.html Cotton “Tiger Striping:” Cylindrocladium Black Rot (CBR) on Peanuts: Bob K: “Best management of CBR occurs using PROPULSE in-furrow at planting. The most important management strategy now later in the season is to avoid moving contaminated soil…
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Small Grain Varieties Recommended for 2022 by UGA: Rome Ethredge: “Here’s the new list. Go to the UGA Variety testing website for yield and more info. https://swvt.uga.edu/“ Peanut Chemical Burn vs Leaf Spot: Bob K: “Superficially looks ‘leaf spotty’ but the lighter, buckskin centers to these spot show clearly this is a chemical burn and NOT…
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More Pics/Texts to/from Dr. Bob Kemerait’s phone: Note the large, circular sunken lesion at the top of the boll; note the new, dark green water-soaked lesion starting at the bottom of the boll. The bacteria that cause this disease are EASILY spread by rain and irrigation splash. Excellent example of some damage from root knot…
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Excerpts from the latest Peanut Pointers Newsletter (Various Authors): Weather & Climate Outlook – Pam Knox Disease Update – Bob Kemerait Runner-Type Average Maturity – Scott Monfort Insect Update – Mark Abney Spray Volume and Droplet Size Considerations – Simer Virk Irrigation Update – David Hall, Jason Mallard, and Wesley Porter Weather & Climate Outlook…
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Pictures/text, from/sent to Bob K’s phone: Picture of areolate mildew, note the sporulation on the leaves. Target spot on cotton is severe in some areas of the state and is resulting in severe defoliation. Current conditions perfect for it! Stemphylium leaf spot on cotton showing up now in many areas- a fungicide won’t help. This…
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Bob K: “With August come some of the most intense disease pressure soybean, peanut and cotton growers are likely to experience each year. The growth of the crops are at a point where leaf wetness periods are prolonged within the canopy after rains, irrigation, or morning dew, coupled with high humidity, high temperatures, and crops…
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Now till the end of August I’ll be recording TSWV hits in peanut fields while scouting. These numbers will be collected by counting the number of 1′ hits of TSWV in three 50′ sections of row, averaged out. Last year I saw fields with anywhere from 6-18.6% disease and 3-26% TSWV incidence in 2020. Agents…
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Corn Rome Ethredge: “Corn harvest is going on in a big way now and early reports are of about 210-250 bushel irrigated yields. With the high heat we had this is probably going to be good for this year. I’ve had numerous comments sent to me about ear rots and cob degradation so we need…
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Articles Below – Various Authors: Post-bloom Nutrient Deficiencies, Waterlogging, and Foliar Feeding The Next Big Thing (Plant Pathology) August Weather and Climate Outlook Variable-Rate PGR Application Considerations Cotton Irrigation Considerations for August Factors Responsible for Boll Retention/Shed in Cotton Musings from the Road Silverleaf Whitefly Management