by Les Harrison | Aug 31, 2012
There is a growing anxiety about the corn harvest with its high moisture content and lack of available storage. Field conditions are wet making it hard for equipment to cross fields. Cotton fields need to dry out or disease pressure will rise. Diseases such as white...
by Les Harrison | Aug 24, 2012
Frequent rains over the past week have everything growing rapidly, weeds included. Rust in soybeans, white mold in peanuts and beans, and leaf spot in cotton have made appearances. Almost everyone is behind on their spray schedule which is a big concern. Some fields...
by Michael Donahoe | Aug 24, 2012
Target spot/Corynespora leaf spot disease has increased in recent weeks. Many Santa Rosa County fields have been treated at least once with either Twinline or Headline fungicides. The frequent showers appear to be a critical trigger for disease development and...
by Blake Thaxton | Aug 24, 2012
Downy Mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis) has been identified in Santa Rosa County on pumpkins, Cucurbita pepo. Downy Mildew (DM) can be devastating on cucurbits in fall plantings. The disease occurs in temperate and tropic areas with adequate leaf wetness, usually...
by John Doyle Atkins | Aug 23, 2012
Back in the early spring, University of Georgia Extension Plant Pathologist Bob Kemerait predicted that conditions were going to be right for white mold development in peanuts during the 2012 season. He based this on the very warm temperatures common throughout the...
