Chelsea Harbach

September 7, 2023 12:54 PM

Field crop health matters throughout the entire growing season. The types of diseases on crops depend on the point in the growing season and the environmental conditions. Many later-season diseases result from soilborne pathogens over which in-season fungicide applications have no control. Most...

Crop Production, Plant Diseases
June 15, 2023 9:50 AM

We’re well into the growing season in Iowa. We are in full swing in the Plant & Insect Diagnostic Clinic (PIDC) as growers, certified crop consultants, and field agronomists start to notice problems in their fields. While there is information on our PIDC webpage (...

Crop Production, Insects and Mites, Plant Diseases, Soils, Weeds
November 29, 2017 1:43 PM

The number of acres planted to cover crops annually has been steadily increasing in recent years throughout the United States. Meanwhile, the soybean cyst nematode (SCN) continues to sit atop of the U.S. list of yield-suppressing pathogens. It’s no coincidence, then, that there is an increasing...

Plant Diseases
October 7, 2015 11:57 AM

By: Daren Mueller and graduate students, Xavier Phillips and Chelsea Harbach

Green and purple soybean stems

Some are noticing plants with green, yellow or purple...

Crop Production, Plant Diseases