Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Just as we have seen more disease presence in corn over the past week, soybeans are also beginning to show symptoms of diseases that have accumulated through the season. One of the most… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu The UD Field Crop Pathology team surveyed numerous fields of full season and double cropped soybeans this week. Most full season beans were past R3 and starting the critical grain fill process.… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Over the last two weeks I have been hearing more reports of charcoal rot showing up in soybean fields in Delaware and Maryland and Nancy Gregory at the UD Diagnostic Clinic confirmed… Continue Reading
Nancy Gregory, Plant Diagnostician; ngregory@udel.edu Charcoal rot was diagnosed on soybean plants in early August, much earlier than we normally see this disease. We usually see charcoal rot near maturity, and these plants had small pods about ¾ inch in… Continue Reading
Arvydas (Arv) Grybauskas, Extension Plant Pathologist, University of Maryland; arvydas@umd.edu The question has come up after the tremendous rainfall and damage caused by hurricane Irene whether or not one should spray their soybeans with fungicides. There was also a question… Continue Reading
