Fungicides Inputs
Do Soybean Fungicides Pay?
Jul 20, 2010, Source: Farm Press
Is applying fungicides to corn, soybeans and wheat a good idea? That’s a question many upper Southeast growers will be asking, especially following record fall-winter rain and snow and subsequent damage to thousands of acres of farmland in that region...
Will You Reserve Fungicide for the 2010 Crop?
Jun 8, 2010, Source: Ohio State University
Because of cool, wet conditions between late April and the third week of May, Ohio’s corn and soybeans are only just emerged in some fields and not even out of the ground in others...
Applying Fungicides to Corn at Early Growth Stages
May 21, 2010, Source: University of Illinois
Some companies are promoting foliar fungicide use on corn at early growth stages, such as V5 or V6...
Questions Remain About Fungicides on Corn
Apr 23, 2010, Source: Purdue University Extension
Fungicide use on corn has increased in Indiana over the last few years, says Kiersten Wise, Purdue University Extension plant pathologist. This increase is, in part, because fungicides help control disease...
Weed and Insect Resistance an Issue at Commodity Classic
Mar 9, 2010, By Larry Stalcup
Insect and weed resistance to chemical treatments should be on every grower’s mind and the CC presentations addressed the needs of farmers not to be complacent on resistance threats...
Should Hail Damaged Crops be Sprayed With a Fungicide?
Jul 21, 2009, By Alison Robertson and Daren Mueller, Department of Plant Pathology
Last week severe storms hit several counties in Iowa with hail ranging from softball to pea size causing significant crop damage. Hail damage to corn may negatively affect yield potential (see Elmore and Abendroth, 2009) but may have little effect on soybean yield potential (see Pedersen, 2008)...
Quilt Xcel Fungicide Receives Section 3 Registration
May 28, 2009, Source: Syngenta
Syngenta Crop Protection announced today that Quilt Xcel fungicide received a Section 3 registration from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA...
Data Shows Soybean Farmers See Improved Yield from Domark Fungicide
May 28, 2009, Source: Valent
Soybean farmers who used Domark® Fungicide in 2008 showed as much as a 7.5 bushel per acre increase over farmers who did not treat their crop with a fungicide, according to data compiled from across the United States....
Aphid Assassins
Mar 1, 2009, B Liz Morrison
On Aug. 20, 2003, soybean plants around Lamberton, MN, were dripping with soybean aphids. Then the weather turned wet and by Aug. 23, it was just about...
Data Discrepancy
Feb 1, 2009, By Lynn Grooms
In foliar fungicide trials, why is there sometimes a discrepancy between the soybean yields that company researchers observe and the ones that university...
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