The use of fungicides to treat plant pathogens dates back 150 years, when a mixture of lime and copper sulfate, known as the “Bordeaux mixture,” was used to control fungal diseases in French vineyards ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When warm conditions, high humidity and high moisture arrive, a perfect storm may be brewing for Fusarium head blight, or scab, to develop and infect cereal crops.

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When warm conditions, high humidity and high moisture arrive, a perfect storm may be brewing for Fusarium head blight, or scab, to develop and infect cereal crops.

Join high-yield champs David Hula and Randy Dowdy for their podcast, Breaking Barriers With R&D, for a lively discussion on growing high-yielding, profitable corn and soybean crops. Josiah Garber ...

CLARION, Iowa — Farmers sprayed nearly three million acres of corn with fungicides last year, but as far as Iowa State University researchers are concerned the jury is still out on whether spraying ...

How important are spring foliar fungicide applications to wheat yields? A new study by Kansas State University quantified the yield gain from these applications by combining 12 years of K-State-led ...

A Kansas State University plant pathologist is urging wheat producers to take the time to think through the timing and type of fungicide they may be applying to their crop this spring. Kelsey Andersen ...

Think applying a fungicide will bump your soybean yield 10 bu. or 15 bu. per acre? Well, it might, if you have a significant amount of disease, such as frogeye leaf spot. But what about a preventive ...

Timing fungicide applications for maximum management of white mold is “almost impossible” to get right, said Michael Wunsch, research plant pathologist at the North Dakota State University Carrington ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Now is the time of year when corn growers need to decide if a fungicide should be applied, and a Purdue University expert has a few guidelines to help in the decision-making ...