Back to Search Start Over

Residue management critical to warding off corn diseases like tar spot.

Source :
Southeast Farm Press Exclusive Insight; 11/21/2022, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Tar spot has spread across much of the Corn Belt, and while it arrived too late in 2022 to have a major impact for most farmers, farmers know its spores can overwinter in corn residue. "If a farmer uses a chopping corn head, rotary mower, or vertical tillage to help manage tar spot residue, he or she should make sure to follow that up in the spring with row cleaners to try to get as uniform environment for that seed as possible. [Extracted from the article]

Details

Language :
English
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Southeast Farm Press Exclusive Insight
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
160329065