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By Dan Crummett posted on October 10, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

If having the ability to get a 7-10-day early warning on plant disease in your no-till corn crop interests you, that possibility may be in your crop protection arsenal quicker than you think.

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Purdue, Insignum AgTech Developing Color-Changing Corn to Identify Tar Spot Early

July 24, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Purdue University

Insignum AgTech has begun a collaboration with researchers in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture and College of Engineering to create tools for farmers to identify early stages of tar spot disease outbreaks in their corn plants.

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