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Helping you protect crops from pests, hopper to harvest. Extension expertise to help grow field crops in the United States and Canada. Crop protection tools and resources at https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/
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@cropnetwork.bsky.socialCommon rust on sweet corn is a fungal disease that favors warm humid weather. It causes powdery reddish-brown pustules that burst through both leaf surfaces. Plant resistant hybrids, avoid dense plantings & apply targeted foliar fungicides at 1st sign of pustule development @cropnetwork.bsky.social
Show PostHow about a little help? Field corn in North Alabama. Symptoms appearing along field edges but also inside the field. Corn leaf aphids present; and plenty of Johnson grass bordering field. Could we be looking at a virus disease? 🌱 🧪 @cropnetwork.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social
Show PostBelayneh A. Yimer et al. found that most of the wheat varieties grown in Idaho were susceptible to local #Fusarium head blight isolates. However, researchers identified a few varieties as potential sources for regional resistance: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-06-25-0161-RS
Show PostSclerotinia stem rot on winter canola in Alabama. The fungal disease causes bleached stems & lodging. Pathogen appear as a white fungal growth at base of stem & formation of hard black sclerotia. Favored by dense canopies & high moisture 🌱🧪 @plantdisease.bsky.social @cropnetwork.bsky.social
Show PostAdvancements in #Water-Saving Strategies and #Crop Adaptation to #Drought: A Comprehensive Review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience @pplplantarum.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @unccd.bsky.social @cropnetwork.bsky.social
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