Seems like producers in West Tennessee are interested in microbiomes and how bacterial seed coating could help plants to be more drought tolerant later in the growing season. Continue reading
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Jun
2018
Category Archives: Wheat
15
Jun
2018
Herbicide injured cotton: Deciding to keep it and management after
15
Jun
2018
I’ve received several calls this week requesting information on whether or not to keep injured cotton and management after the injury. In this brief article, I will cover the ‘keep or discard’ decision and briefly cover best management practices after the decision to keep the crop has been made. Depending on your situation, you may need to document the injury and/or keep a portion of the field to determine the yield penalty. That information is beyond the scope of this article but should be available from your insurance agent or attorney. 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
Freeze damage to winter wheat, forecast April 8th
05
Apr
2018
Our wheat crop has matured rapidly in the relatively warm weather. Several of the fields I walk are past Feekes 8 and are quickly approaching Feekes 9. This puts us several weeks past jointing. With the head roughly 12 or more inches above the ground at those growth stages, concerns about the temperatures forecast for the weekend have been raised. 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.
27
Feb
2018
New Herbicide Options for Broadleaf Weed Control in Wheat
27
Feb
2018
Phone calls with questions on wheat weed control have started. Some are asking how to control ALS-resistant (e.g., resistant to Harmony) chickweed. ALS-resistant chickweed is clearly becoming more of a challenge to control in wheat across the state but particularly in middle Tennessee. Other folks have asked about cleaning up just a sundry of different broadleaf weeds like henbit. Fortunately, there are two “new” herbicides that have been recently labeled in wheat that can help on these broadleaf weeds. Continue reading