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  1. Corn Leaf Diseases Could Spell Yield Troubles

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/corn-leaf-diseases-could-spell-yield-troubles

    and development this season, but diseases can still get the upper hand if conditions are right.   Pat ... Center, said that certain corn leaf diseases have already been detected and could become a serious problem ... under disease-favorable conditions and poor scouting. "The corn crop in Ohio is progressing, but ...

  2. Weather Kind to Ohio's Wheat

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/weather-kind-ohios-wheat

    focusing on applying nitrogen to their crop and controlling weeds. The watch for diseases won’t begin ... first disease of the season is powdery mildew, brought on by high relative humidity, cloudy skies and ... cool temperatures ranging in the 60s and low 70s. “The next disease is Stagonospora leaf and glume ...

  3. Report Cattle Illnesses to Keep Diseases Under Control

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/report-cattle-illnesses-keep-diseases-under-control

    showing signs of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) should report those symptoms to their local ... foot and mouth disease and bluetongue in the United Kingdom should remind producers that reporting ... signs of illness or unusual behavior is important to keeping foreign animal diseases under control. ...

  4. Uncommon Wheat Disease Makes Rare Appearance in Ohio

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/uncommon-wheat-disease-makes-rare-appearance-ohio

    spores from southern states provided favorable conditions for the development of the disease in Ohio. ... two to three feet in diameter," said Lipps, adding that the disease has been spotted in limited ... for the future it may be a potential disease that we have to be concerned about." The fungal ...

  5. Northern Corn Leaf Blight Becoming ‘Concerning’ Disease Issue

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/northern-corn-leaf-blight-becoming-%E2%80%98concerning%E2%80%99-disease-issue

    disease is indicative that farmers are still planting corn varieties susceptible to leaf blight. He ... to plant susceptible varieties, farmers are in essence ignoring the problem, and allowing the disease ... fungus survives in infected corn stubble, so the more disease incidence in a given year, the more spores ...

  6. Three Receive Research Awards at April 23 OARDC Annual Conference

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/three-receive-research-awards-april-23-oardc-annual-conference

    research offers promising alternative methods for reducing insecticide usage in turf and other agricultural ... better ways to control fertility in livestock and humans and insight into human autoimmune diseases ...

  7. Low Risk of Stewart's Disease on Corn Predicted

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/low-risk-stewarts-disease-corn-predicted

    predicted to be low throughout much of Ohio's corn crop this year. The disease is caused by a bacterium ... Stewart's Disease should a negligible threat in 2009. "The numbers indicate that the risk of ... Index values less than 90 indicate a negligible disease threat, 90-95 indicates low to moderate levels, ...

  8. Pumpkin Diseases Severe This Year

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/pumpkin-diseases-severe-year

    carve for Halloween this year. Fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, downy mildew and the ... little-known Microdochium blight, have not been kind to this year's pumpkin crop. The diseases, which have ... reporting that the diseases have nearly cut their yields in half. The growers market to larger cities such ...

  9. Selecting the Right Corn Hybrids Important

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/selecting-right-corn-hybrids-important

    production: corn acreage, soil type, tillage practices, desired harvest moisture and insect and disease ... pressures — just to name a few factors involved. And with some ignored corn diseases on the rise and more ... operation is becoming more important. "With old diseases coming back, increasing marketing ...

  10. Studies to Tackle Increasing NCLB Infections

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/studies-tackle-increasing-nclb-infections

    a disease caused by a fungus, which survives in corn residue on the soil surface. It develops in humid, wet ... stages of corn development. The disease, most problematic in reduced tillage environments, can cause as ... to guarantee some level of protection and to keep disease levels low, especially in fields where they ...

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