Disease Management
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Frequent rainfall across the region has made timing fungicide applications in corn fields especially challenging. To help producers make informed decisions, we’ve created a quick reference guide outlining estimated rainfast periods for commonly used corn fungicides. This guide summarizes drying times confirmed by manufacturer representatives or derived from EPA labels and technical fact sheets. Rainfast…
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Cotton The frequent rains and foggy mornings we have had in the past few weeks have created the perfect conditions for boll rot in cotton fields. There are four kinds of boll rot that have been confirmed in Georgia this season. The four rots are diplodia, colletotrichum, bacterial, and phytopthra. I have seen mostly colletotrichum…
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I have noticed in the past few weeks that stemphylium leaf spot is showing up in lots of the cotton fields around Evans County. Stemphylium leaf spot is a fungal pathogen caused by a deficiency in potassium that can be brought on by low fertility, drought, or a heavy boll load. Stemphylium usually starts as…
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The annual Midville Field Day will be held virtually this year due to COVID-19. The field day will begin at 9:30 a.m. via zoom on Wednesday August 12, 2020. You can receive two hours of pesticide CEU credits by attending the virtual field day. Attendees must pre-register before 9:30 am on the morning of the…
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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…