Guest Author: Wiley Ross Greene
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Have you noticed some of your cotton plants looking wilted, then falling over dead soon after? If so, the culprit could be post emergent rhizoctonia solani. It is a common disease that causes seedling death in cotton plants after they emerge, but while the plants still have a tender green stem. It can create brown…
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Have you ever noticed this weed in your pasture or hayfield? This is a smartweed and they are very common in wet areas like pond borders, ditches, hayfields, and pastures. Smartweeds are part of the polygonum genus which also includes knotweed, ladysthumb, curly dock, and red sorrel. There are annual and perennial smartweeds. The annual…