With no reports of southern rust in Tennessee or to the south, it is a relatively quiet disease season in corn, with the exception of grey leaf spot and physioderm brown spot in Tennessee corn. Continue reading
Walking field fields in Tennessee, one might find some diseases including stripe rust, leaf rust, and head scab (fusarium head blight).
Wheat is blooming and considerations about fungicide applications are being made. Continue reading
The wet weather we’ve been having is likely increasing Fusarium spores (inoculum) that can infect the wheat crop that is starting to head in most areas and develop into Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) or Head Scab. Continue reading
As wheat progresses to flag leaf growth stage, the first reports of stripe rust in Western Tennessee have come in.
Below are links to the presentations given at the 2018 Tennessee Grain Conferences and they can also be found at http://utcrops.com/presentations.htm.
2018 Tennessee Grain Conferences
Below are links to the 2018 Cotton Focus presentations and they can also be found at http://utcrops.com/presentations.htm.
2018 Cotton Focus
Cotton Outlook, Dr. Aaron Smith
Bacterial blight and target spot – known impacts, Dr. Heather Kelly
Cotton Insects, Dr. Scott Stewart
Cotton Weed Management, Dr. Stanley Culpepper
Cotton Specialists Roundtable, Drs. Tyson Raper, Darrin Dodds, Bill Robertson, and Tyler Sandlin
