Episode 21 – Disease Issues in Row Crops
On this episode, host Katelyn Kesheimer, an Alabama Extension entomologist, talks with Ed Sikora, an Extension plant pathologist, about disease issues confronting the state’s row crop farmers. Sikora discusses foliar diseases that are popping up in soybeans, including frogeye leaf spot and target spot. Sikora also says that this summer’s rainy weather is a key driver of fungal diseases among row crops and offers some control options.