Don’t miss out on the opportunity to have your soil tested for parasitic nematodes and charcoal rot at no cost for Tennessee Farmers ($15 fee for out-of-state samples). Continue reading
20
Sep
2018
All posts by Heather Marie Kelly, Extension Plant Pathologist
27
Aug
2018
Reminder: Soybean Disease Field Day – Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018
27
Aug
2018
Wondering what’s been making your soybeans sickly? Come to The University of Tennessee Soybean Disease Field Day, held Tuesday, Sept. 4th, at the Milan Research and Education Center. Registration will be from 8:30-9:00 AM with the tour beginning at 9 AM and concluding with a box lunch. Preregistration is not required. Pesticide re-certification and CCA points will be available. Field demonstrations will include soybean disease identification, UT variety trials, fungicide efficacy trials and other UT disease research trials. Hands on disease identification will cover main soybean diseases that occur in Tennessee including frogeye leaf spot, target spot, Cercospora leaf blight, southern stem canker, sudden death syndrome, and others.
08
Aug
2018
Soybean diseases, fungicides, and soil sampling
08
Aug
2018
Most soybeans have gotten into reproductive growth stages and diseases may have started appearing although at low levels. To better identify diseases and guide management decisions use the resources below… Continue reading
05
Jul
2018
Relatively low disease in Tennessee corn
05
Jul
2018
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
23
May
2018
Wheat Disease Update
23
May
2018
Walking field fields in Tennessee, one might find some diseases including stripe rust, leaf rust, and head scab (fusarium head blight).
03
May
2018
Wheat Disease Update
03
May
2018
Wheat is blooming and considerations about fungicide applications are being made. Continue reading
26
Apr
2018
Prevent Scabby Heads – Forecast for Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat
26
Apr
2018
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
05
Apr
2018
Stripe Rust Reported in Wheat
05
Apr
2018
As wheat progresses to flag leaf growth stage, the first reports of stripe rust in Western Tennessee have come in.