July 22, 2009 Agronomy

KY: Fungicides and stalk quality

Certain fungicides, particularly Headline®, are being marketed for their ability to enhance corn stalk quality.

There is no doubt that fungicides can improve stalk quality, but in almost all experiments I’ve seen thus far, stalk health improvement relates to control of foliar diseases. Stalk health isn’t always improved by fungicides, but when it is improved, it is typically because foliar diseases like gray leaf spot are being controlled. Thus, if your overall risk of foliar diseases is low, so is the chance that you’ll get improved stalk health from a fungicide application. The following article by Dr. Carl Bradley from the Illinois Pest Management & Crop Development Bulletin presents excellent visuals and graphics to illustrate this.

Read the rest of the article here

BECOME A GLH DEALER! Earn cash, travel, product and rewards! Recent NewsNews Archives

Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter

September 3, 2010

Here is Issue 23 of the Pest&Crop Newsletter

Agronomic Spotlights

September 2, 2010

Two more posted this week: High Night-Time Temperatures and Stalk Cannibalization in Corn Anth...

PSU: Field Crop News

August 31, 2010

In this issue:

OSU: C.O.R.N. Newsletter

August 31, 2010

C.O.R.N. Newsletter 2010-28 08/31/10-09/07/10 Editor: Andrew Kleinschmidt

SDS-Resistant Soybeans on the Horizon

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.

View Additional News »