Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Small Grains The cool weather delayed flowering in wheat across much of the region. To date we have seen limited symptoms of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB). Bleached florets or bleached portions of the… Continue Reading
Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Corn Grey Leaf Spot (GLS) has continued to be the most common foliar disease present in fields at this time. Lesions from GLS typically begin in the lower canopy and progress up the… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu; @Delmarplantdoc Diseases significantly impact soybean production throughout the United States. In Delaware, diseases such as Soybean Cyst Nematode, Root Knot Nematode, and stem canker can cause significant annual yield losses. Plant pathologists… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu Hillary Mehl at Virginia Tech and I have updated the Field Crop Disease Management Guides, which is part of a larger section of the Virginia Tech Agronomic Guide. To help you, I… Continue Reading
Nathan Kleczewski, Extension Specialist – Plant Pathology; nkleczew@udel.edu I am now seeing some of that powdery mildew and leaf blotches that were lower in the canopy on the flag leaves of susceptible varieties. Some varieties are showing more hypersensitive responses… Continue Reading
