Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
September 3, 2010
Here is Issue 23 of the Pest&Crop Newsletter
April 23, 2009 Agronomy
Heaving, or the pushing of plants out of the ground, has been reported in several Michigan alfalfa fields, most notably in the Central and Southern Michigan area.
A photo of a field of heaved alfalfa in Central Michigan is below. Note several alfalfa plants that are heaved four inches or more that are already dead this spring. Read more here
SOURCE: MSU’s Richard Leep, Tim Dietz, and Doo-Hong Min, Crop and Soil Sciences
September 2, 2010
Two more posted this week: High Night-Time Temperatures and Stalk Cannibalization in Corn Anth...
August 31, 2010
C.O.R.N. Newsletter 2010-28 08/31/10-09/07/10 Editor: Andrew Kleinschmidt
August 30, 2010
An ancient offshoot of soybeans may one day provide resistance to sudden death syndrome (SDS) and soybean rust, University of Illinois scientists reported at the recent U of I Agronomy Day.