With symptoms of disease showing up in soybean fields, Dr. Heather Kelly’s phone has been hot. In our latest Call of the Week podcast, Continue reading
05
Sep
2018
Category Archives: Soybean
30
Aug
2018
Monitor for Grass Control Failures from the Combine or Picker
30
Aug
2018
In a good part of West Tennessee most soybean and cotton fields have at least some goosegrass and jungle rice (awnless barnyardgrass) present. In southwest Tennessee a good many cotton fields and particularly soybean fields have serious infestations of both of these grass species. Continue reading
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.
21
Aug
2018
Cotton and Soybean Update
21
Aug
2018
I ran a post last week that somehow got lost in cyberspace, so this is my effort to recreate it.
Cotton: The gist of my post last week was that most early planted cotton has accumulated more than 350 DD60s past NAWF5, and thus, insect management was Continue reading
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
02
Aug
2018
Cotton and Soybean Insect Update
02
Aug
2018
Cotton: Much of our cotton is within 7-10 days of when insect controls can be terminated, and it looks like this cotton may outrun the bollworm moth flight in many areas. Most the bollworm action appears to be pretty moderate and still primarily concentrated along the Mississippi River and south of I-40. Having said that, we are some seeing bollworm larvae slip through on Bollgard 2, WideStrike, and TwinLink varieties. It’s a numbers game. Continue reading
26
Jul
2018
The Problem with Insects is ….
26
Jul
2018
Insect pests are irritatingly unpredictable about when, where and how bad infestations will be. But there are patterns that repeat themselves annually. Continue reading
24
Jul
2018
Don’t Forget, Milan No-Till Field Day is Thursday!
24
Jul
2018
Visitors to the Milan No-Till Field Day can hear presentations on research involving corn, cotton and soybeans. Due to growing interest in cover crops, two tours (10 total presentations) will be devoted to that topic. New this year – a tour devoted to managing resistance, a tour on fragipans, and a producer-led panel discussing personal experiences with precision agriculture technology. Continue reading