As the nation’s third-leading producer of celery, Florida’s celery fields are valuable crops in the winter but susceptible to ...

SCN costs soybean farmers more than $1 billion annually. Crop rotation and resistant-variety selection can help manage SCN.

Challenges like cercospora leaf spot and white mold got a lot of attention at the first day of the International Sugarbeet ...

Last year, anthracnose and white mold were the major threats. This year, rust and soybean cyst nematode are the crop diseases that pose the greatest danger to area bean growers, says Sam Markell, a ...

Q. I am growing strawberry plants in my backyard but have noticed a lot of spots on the plant’s leaves and also have been increasingly getting gray mold on the fruits. What could be causing these ...

Keep it simple when it comes to controlling pests like wireworms in corn. Set your stand up for success and scout, scout, ...

The rain season is here with us. Like in any other season, the showers are expected to bring us loads of blessings - thriving ventures and lush backyards. But the rains also bring with them the heavy ...

Climate change will increase the burden of crop diseases in some parts of the world and reduce it in others, new research suggests. Climate change will increase the burden of crop diseases in some ...

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UNDERWAY THERE. MEREDITH, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM FARMERS? LORI. FARMERS SAY THAT THEY ARE AFRAID THEIR CROPS COULD DIE. OR IF THEY DON’T DRY OUT QUICKLY ENOUGH, THEY COULD BECOME DISEASED. EITHER ...

Corn growth stages are quite variable across Indiana but a number of areas have moved into tasseling or beyond. Therefore, it is time to continue to monitoring for diseases to make an informed ...