Dan Undersander, Extension Forage Agronomist, Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Plant Pathologist We have had a report of ergot in pastures. This is not unexpected with the cool, wet spring we had. This can be …
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White mold management in soybeans
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Plant Pathologist I published a new Disease profile on my website. Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR), also known as white mold, is a serious and often lethal fungal disease of many different plants …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update – June 19, 2013
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison This week I scouted winter wheat in variety trials in Lancaster and Arlington Wisconsin on June 19, 2013. Wheat has completed flowering …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update – June 12, 2013
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison This week I scouted winter wheat in variety trials in Janesville and Arlington Wisconsin on June 11, 2013. Wheat is in full …
Early Season Soybean Diseases
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison As the soybean season is progressing slowly, questions have come in about seedling diseases and early season disease of soybean. With the …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update – June 5, 2013
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Winter wheat was scouted in variety trials in Janesville and Lancaster Wisconsin on June 4, 2013. Wheat is beginning to flower, or …
Fusarium Head Blight Update 6/4/13
Damon Smith, Extension Plant Pathologist, University of Wisconsin Winter wheat was scouted in in variety trials in Janesville and Lancaster Wisconsin on June 4, 2013. Wheat is beginning to flower, or in full flower, in …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update – May 29, 2013
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison The wheat crop in southern Wisconsin is progressing through growth stages quickly now. About 10 days ago we were at jointing and …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update – May 15, 2013
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison The status of disease on winter wheat in Wisconsin is pretty similar to that of last week (https://ipcm.webhosting.cals.wisc.edu/blog/2013/05/wisconsin-winter-wheat-disease-update-may-8-2013/). Wheat is at Feekes …
Soybean Planting into Cool Wet Soil
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison What a difference a season can make! Last year at this time it was unseasonably hot and the drought was beginning to …