Plant Disease

Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Brian Mueller, Camila Primieri Nicolli, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison It has been a while since I posted a corn and soybean disease update for Wisconsin in …

Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Reporting on July 7th: If soybeans are flowering and the area between rows is filled in more than 50%, white mold infection …

Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison In Wisconsin, the first week of July brings us a heightened awareness of white mold in soybeans, and its management. The 2020 season …

Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Corn is approaching the V6-V10 range of growth stages in much of Wisconsin. With this, comes many questions about applying fungicide to …

Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Winter wheat in Southern and South-central Wisconsin is quickly approaching anthesis. By early next week the window of opportunity to apply fungicide for Fusarium head blight …

Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Up until this week, diseases of winter wheat have been basically non-existent. Dry weather leading to a moderate drought in much of the state has …

Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison View this complete article on BadgerCropDoc.com blog site. Summary: With high commodity prices this spring and some freeze events affecting alfalfa …

Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Brian Mueller, Assistant Field Researcher, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Each year the Wisconsin Field Crops Pathology Program conducts a …

Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Roger Schmidt, Nutrient and Pest Management Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison Damon Smith has posted a new item, ‘Wisconsin Corn Tar Spot Update …

Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Damon Smith has posted an update>> Wisconsin Soybean White Mold Update – July 29, 2020 Figure 1 illustrates the calculated risk of …