A long-term study of no-till plots adjacent to conventional tillage plots on wheat farms in Washington and Idaho comes to some interesting conclusions about the dynamics of bacterial and fungal communities.

Syngenta announced the launch of Plenaris seed treatment fungicide for the control of downy mildew in sunflower.

Researchers found wheat that's resistant to Fusarium Head Blight has specialized and protective cell walls, which may help produce disease-resistant varieties of durum wheat.

It/s time to consider protecting wheat heads from Fusarium head scab and wheat leaves from fungal diseases.

In years with late-season stress, leaf senescence often progresses from both the bottom and the top of the plant, with green leaves remaining in the middle of the plants for some time until complete leaf senescence occurs.

Unless a corn crop is at risk of developing fungal diseases, a Purdue University study shows that farmers would be smart to skip fungicide treatments that promise increased yields.

A few key steps can help maximize soybean yields — and profits. Selecting soybean varieties that match the needs of individual fields, using seed treatments and determining when to put the seed in the ground are decisions that directly impact yields.

Rainy weather and cooler-than-normal summer temperatures have resulted in a white mold outbreak in soybeans throughout parts of the Midwest. For Ohio growers, this is the first major outbreak of white mold in the state in nearly a decade.

Technology developed by researchers at The Ohio State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) that will help manage the spread of one of the worst diseases affecting crops such as wheat and barley, has been licensed to Sci Protek, Inc., based in Vista, Calif.