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  1. Scout Now for Wheat Diseases

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/scout-now-wheat-diseases

    to start scouting for leaf diseases to continue keeping the crop in tip-top shape. "The wheat is ... the period during which we recommend that fields be scouted to determine which disease is present and ... leaf diseases are beginning to show up on susceptible varieties in some fields." Stagonospora leaf ...

  2. Wheat Growers Need to Prepare For Foliar Fungicide Application As Wheat Growth in Ohio Is Ahead Two Weeks

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/wheat-growers-need-prepare-foliar-fungicide-application-wheat-growth-ohio-ahead-two

    managing foliar diseases with fungicides.” Instead, growers need to walk their fields, pull tillers from ... said. When fields reach Feekes 8, growers should start scouting their fields to see if disease is ... already has been reported in some fields,” Paul said. “This disease is favored by cool (50-68 F), rainy ...

  3. Forgotten Corn Diseases Making a Comeback

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/forgotten-corn-diseases-making-comeback

    specialists say it's time growers start to take notice.   Corn diseases, such as northern corn leaf ... re-emergence of these diseases has researchers concerned. "This issue is concerning us because people are ... "High yielding hybrids are such a focus now that selecting for effective resistance to these diseases ...

  4. Pumpkins Facing Another Year of Diseases

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/pumpkins-facing-another-year-diseases

    escape serious disease issues. And this year is no different. Mac Riedel, an Ohio State University ... Extension vegetable specialist, said that fruit quality could become an issue due to such diseases as ... anthracnose, powdery mildew, downy mildew and angular leaf spot — a bacterial disease seen more this year ...

  5. Southern Ohio Corn at Risk for Stewart's Wilt

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/southern-ohio-corn-risk-stewarts-wilt

    a high risk of Stewart's wilt bacterial disease this growing season. Pierce Paul, an Ohio State ... survived, increasing the chances for the spread of the disease, which causes both seedling wilt and leaf ... subsequent risk of Stewart's wilt. Index values less than 90 indicate negligible disease threat, 90-95 ...

  6. Keep an Eye Out for Ticks, OSU Researcher Recommends

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/keep-eye-out-ticks-osu-researcher-recommends

    ticks have been getting a bad rap over the years because of the severe diseases various species carry, ... mainly Lyme disease and spotted fever. "People in general react negatively to ticks. They hear about ... ticks through Lyme disease and it makes them afraid," he said. "I think lack of education and ...

  7. Wet Weather May Spell Disease Troubles for Wheat

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/wet-weather-may-spell-disease-troubles-wheat

    saturated soils may have created favorable conditions for disease development. Pat Lipps, an Ohio State ... University plant pathologist with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, said that diseases ... a fungal disease that can have a devastating impact on wheat production and yields if it develops during ...

  8. Don't Forget Disease Resistance When Choosing Corn Hybrids

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/dont-forget-disease-resistance-when-choosing-corn-hybrids

    December 19, 2006 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Disease resistance shouldn't be overlooked when choosing ... in reduced tillage systems, increases the risk for disease buildup because of inoculum left behind in ... residue. As a result, choosing hybrids with disease-resistant packages becomes that much more important. ...

  9. Wheat Crop Looking Good

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/wheat-crop-looking-good

    could potentially lead to some disease problems in the spring due to fall establishment of some ... without excessive early disease development." The Hessian fly free date – ranging from September 22 ... is also an ideal period to minimize disease development, one example being barely yellow dwarf ...

  10. ODA Eases Import Restrictions on Bovine TB

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/oda-eases-import-restrictions-bovine-tb

    the disease within six months prior to entry. Individual animals are still required to test negative ... into close contact with infected animals or have contact with infectious body secretions. The disease ... developed an extensive eradication program to make sure the disease is eliminated and Michigan regains its ...

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