Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu This year I have been encouraging growers to leave at least one untreated strip in fields in cases where they were on the fence about making a fungicide application and pulled the… Continue Reading
Andy Wyenandt, Specialist in Vegetable Pathology, Rutgers University; wyenandt@aesop.rutgers.edu Syngenta Crop Protection released Orondis, a new fungicide with a new mode-of-action for use in vegetable production this past winter. Because of its registration date, Orondis was not included the 2016… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu ZeroTol 2.0 is a hydrogen dioxide and peroxyacetic acid product that has been added to the OMRI products list. ZeroTol is a broad-spectrum bactericide/fungicide that is registered to… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Over the course of the week many people have asked if or when fungicide use is profitable in the 2014 corn crop. Unfortunately the answer is not straightforward. The answer depends on… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Research across the nation has shown that fungicides have the greatest potential to increase corn yields when applied to a susceptible hybrid under conditions that favor a disease epidemic. The rates provided… Continue Reading
