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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 20

560 million bushels gone. $2.9 billion lost.

These are the estimated losses caused by wheat diseases from 2018 to 2021. Read more in the new @planthealthprog.bsky.social publication at doi.org/10.1094/PHP-....

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#science 🧪 #wheat #disease #IPM

Wheat leaf with rust spores and dead tissue.

Illustration of disease cycle of Fusarium head blight.

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 1

Crop Lookout is an interactive map showing emerging field crop issues. Updated by Extension, it shows reports of disease, pests, & agronomic issues.

Check out Crop Lookout at cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-lookout

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Screenshot of mapping tool called Crop Lookout.

Orange southern rust pustules on corn leaf.

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UW Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic @uwpddc.bsky.social · Jul 7

The 7/4/25 Wisconsin Disease Almanac (a summary of the week’s disease diagnoses at the PDDC) is now available on the PDDC website at pddc.wisc.edu/wisconsin-di....

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Feb 13

2025 Fungicide Efficacy for Corn Foliar Disease at cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...

Based on research across corn-producing states. From Extension.

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Partial data table showing fungicide efficacy ratings.

Orange pustules of southern rust on corn leaf.

Black fungal growth of tar spot on corn leaf.

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 1

Crop Lookout is an interactive map showing emerging field crop issues. Updated by Extension, it shows reports of disease, pests, & agronomic issues.

Check out Crop Lookout at cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-lookout

@alabamaed1.bsky.social @badgercropdoc.bsky.social @mahduffeck.bsky.social #farming

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 25

Watch Corn Stunt: ID, Distribution, & Management at youtu.be/VwQjqiZqS_E.

From @mahduffeck.bsky.social, Ashleigh Faris and Rodrigo Onofre.

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Corn Stunt: Identification, Distribution, and Management

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 25

Watch Corn Stunt: ID, Distribution, & Management at youtu.be/VwQjqiZqS_E.

From @mahduffeck.bsky.social, Ashleigh Faris and Rodrigo Onofre.

@kstateentom.bsky.social #agriculture #vector @entsocamerica.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social #corn #disease

Corn Stunt: Identification, Distribution, and Management

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 7

Fungicide Efficacy Guides. Use the best product when disease risk is high & economic gain likely.

Soy Seedling cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...
Corn Foliar cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...
Soy Foliar cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...

#crops #farming #plant25 #agbs #IPM

Dead spots on a corn leaf caused by disease.

White mold and black fungal growth on a soybean stem that is dying. These are symptoms and signs of a disease called white mold.

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Damon L. Smith @badgercropdoc.bsky.social · May 19

Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update And Watching For Stripe Rust And Fusarium Head Blight – May 19, 2024. badgercropnetwork.com/wisconsin-wi...

Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update and Watching for Stripe Rust and Fusarium Head Blight – May 19, 2024

Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update and Watching for Stripe Rust and Fusarium Head Blight – May 19, 2024 Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of ...

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · May 21

RESEARCH: 400+ corn foliar fungicide data points from the U.S. & Ontario for applications at V6, VT & a 2-pass program at V6+VT.

RESULT: A single DMI+QoI fungicide at VT was the best chance for a positive ROI.

Article at doi.org/10.31274/cpn...

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Graph showing probability of recovering the cost of a fungicide at various application costs and corn prices.

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Damon L. Smith @badgercropdoc.bsky.social · Apr 22

Time to study up for the 2025 season!

Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Apr 22

Fungicide Efficacy Guides. Use the best product when disease risk is high and economic gain likely.

Soy Seedling: doi.org/10.31274/cpn...
Corn Foliar: doi.org/10.31274/cpn...
Soy Foliar: doi.org/10.31274/cpn...
Wheat: doi.org/10.31274/cpn...

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Soybean stem with white mold, sclerotia, and dead tissue.

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Apr 22

Fungicide Efficacy Guides. Use the best product when disease risk is high and economic gain likely.

Soy Seedling: doi.org/10.31274/cpn...
Corn Foliar: doi.org/10.31274/cpn...
Soy Foliar: doi.org/10.31274/cpn...
Wheat: doi.org/10.31274/cpn...

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 20

560 million bushels gone. $2.9 billion lost.

These are the estimated losses caused by wheat diseases from 2018 to 2021. Read more in the new @planthealthprog.bsky.social publication at doi.org/10.1094/PHP-....

@badgercropdoc.bsky.social @alabamaed1.bsky.social
#science 🧪 #wheat #disease #IPM

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 10

"Using [silage] hybrids with resistance to tar spot lowered disease severity & preserved yield & nutritive value. Fungicide...helped in lowering tar spot...but had no effect on yield & nutritive value."

From the article at acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1....

#science 🧪 #corn #farming

Tar spot impacts silage corn yield and forage nutritive value

Tar spot is an emerging foliar disease in silage corn in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region resulting in devastating yield and nutritive value losses. Our research focused on quantifying these losse...

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 7

@alabamaed1.bsky.social @badgercropdoc.bsky.social @mahduffeck.bsky.social @umnplantpath.bsky.social @ndsuplantpathology.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social @farmdocdaily.bsky.social @ilextension.bsky.social @umnextension.bsky.social @planthealthprog.bsky.social #science 🧪

Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 7

Fungicide Efficacy Guides. Use the best product when disease risk is high & economic gain likely.

Soy Seedling cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...
Corn Foliar cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...
Soy Foliar cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...

#crops #farming #plant25 #agbs #IPM

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 7

@alabamaed1.bsky.social @badgercropdoc.bsky.social @mahduffeck.bsky.social @umnplantpath.bsky.social @ndsuplantpathology.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social @farmdocdaily.bsky.social @ilextension.bsky.social @umnextension.bsky.social @planthealthprog.bsky.social #science 🧪

Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 7

Fungicide Efficacy Guides. Use the best product when disease risk is high & economic gain likely.

Soy Seedling cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...
Corn Foliar cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...
Soy Foliar cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...

#crops #farming #plant25 #agbs #IPM

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 7

Fungicide Efficacy Guides. Use the best product when disease risk is high & economic gain likely.

Soy Seedling cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...
Corn Foliar cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...
Soy Foliar cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications...

#crops #farming #plant25 #agbs #IPM

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Feb 24

Download & print 3D models to train for disease & insect injury severity assessment at cropprotectionnetwork.org/3d-tools.

#3DPrinting #soybean #corn #3DP @entsocamerica.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social @iastateresearch.bsky.social @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social @alabamaed1.bsky.social

3D models of soybean leaves with various levels of defoliation.

3D models of corn leaves with various levels of defoliation.

3D model of soybean leaf with defoliation caused by Japanese beetle.

3D model of corn leaf with simulated northern corn leaf blight.

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Feb 28

NEW Handy Bt Trait Table for 2025 at texasinsects.org/bt-corn-trai....

From @tamu.bsky.social and @michiganstateu.bsky.social Extension.

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Western bean cutworm caterpillar top view on a corn ear.

Corn roots over a white bucket after washing roots.

Corn with insect feeding holes in the leaves.

Corn earworm caterpillar side view on a plant.

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 3

"...data from 10 US Corn Belt states indicate that [Bt corn] hybrids...exhibited declining protection from rootworm feeding with increased planting while pest pressures simultaneously decreased."

Read more at www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... with @science.org.

@entsocamerica.bsky.social 🧪 #sceince

Too much of a good thing: Lessons from compromised rootworm Bt maize in the US Corn Belt

Widespread use of genetically engineered maize targeting the corn rootworm complex (Diabrotica species) has raised concerns about insect resistance. Twelve years of university field trial and farm sur...

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Crop Protection Network @cropnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 3

"...data from 10 US Corn Belt states indicate that [Bt corn] hybrids...exhibited declining protection from rootworm feeding with increased planting while pest pressures simultaneously decreased."

Read more at www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... with @science.org.

@entsocamerica.bsky.social 🧪 #sceince

Too much of a good thing: Lessons from compromised rootworm Bt maize in the US Corn Belt

Widespread use of genetically engineered maize targeting the corn rootworm complex (Diabrotica species) has raised concerns about insect resistance. Twelve years of university field trial and farm sur...

www.science.org