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Effect Of Fungicides On Southern Rust Of Corn, E. A. Adee, S. Duncan
Effect Of Fungicides On Southern Rust Of Corn, E. A. Adee, S. Duncan
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
The decision to apply fungicides to corn is not an easy decision in Kansas, especially when grain prices are low. Numerous factors determine what diseases are present, and whether the plants will be defoliated enough to reduce yield. Correctly identifying the disease, knowing what environmental conditions favor the development of an epidemic, and knowing the hybrid’s resistance to the diseases can be known before making the decision. However, knowing if the conditions will be favorable for the spread of the disease up the plant is very unpredictable. A situation like a ‘perfect storm’ for foliar diseases defoliating corn occurred in …