Hot off the press! The 2023 Kansas Wheat Variety guide is now available: bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/pubs/mf991.pdf through KSRE Bookstore. This publication has disease, insect, and agronomic ratings for 70+ varieties based on multi-year data. With KSRE authors including Romulo Lollato and others!

Frogeye is common in eastern Kansas.

Some differences are from maturity groups, but some are from resistance to SDS. Always good to see these differences when scouting variety trials late in the year. Asheesh Singh IowaSoybeans

Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus is a devastating disease in Kansas, and volunteer #wheat in your field and all surrounding fields must be removed prior to planting. Be a good neighbor and control volunteer wheat. kswheat.com/wheatscoop0928

Join the reCYSTance! The SCN Coalition has tools you need to combat #soybean cyst nematode. Check out thescncoalition.com! Greg Tylka Iowa Soybean Research Center Maddi Shires United Soybean Board Science for Success Crop Protection Network (CPN) Soybean Diseases Shawn Conley Daren Mueller SoybeanResearchInfoNetwork #agtwitter Tamra Jackson-Ziems

Have you heard SCN causes $1.5 billion soybean yield loss annually and thought that sounds crazy high? You might not think so after using the SCN Coalition’s Profit Checker to see how much SCN can cost a farmer in a single field. Learn more at crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2023/….

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“Of all treatments, ILEVO (fluopyram) and Saltro (pydiflumetofen) provided more consistent increases in yield over the non-treated check in a broader range of SCN environments, even when [SDS] FDX level was high.” From the Plant Disease article doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-0… by

“...where high frequencies of [Cercospora leaf blight] resistance have been identified, Qol fungicides should be avoided, and...alternative modes-of-action should be utilized in the absence of...resistant...cultivars.” From the Plant Disease article doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-0… by

K-State wheat disease specialists are advising growers to be on the lookout for disease this spring. ksre-learn.com/wheat-disease-… #KSRE

Trace of stripe rust found east of Caldwell, Sumner County. Some of the plants have reached flag leaf

Not good news. April 15- near Castroville, TX. It is atypically early for stem rust to be this evident on susceptible wheat germplasm. Humidity is high and temperatures are favorable for continued development.

With all this rain, early planted soybeans may be at risk of seedling disease.

Our #wheat plots near Phillipsburg are looking great! Sown after fallow, what a difference from last years plots sown late after soybeans! Join the WheatRx field day there with Lucas Haag KSU Wheat Pathology KSU Wheat Breeding on May 23 in the morning! KansasWheat K-State Agronomy

Pete Hughes spoke from the heart unprompted after #KStateBSB's Regional victory He shouted out the guys on his team that could have gone elsewhere - pro ball, or, you know...the portal "[Those players] chose to come back so we could have moments like this," Hughes said. "That

Great advice! Other thoughts - the first 10 leaves produced by a corn plant contribute little to yield; most leaf diseases in the Midwest don’t show up until closer to VT; “plant health benefits” from fungicide before V10 very rarely give ROI.

A New Disease on Corn Observed Across Southern and Mid-South States #fa... youtu.be/MOT41B-PhUg?si… via YouTube Kiersten Wise Bob Kemerait Trey Price Virginia Cooperative Extension

Rodrigo Onofre scouting corn fields in Oklahoma Part 2 - What the growers should look for in the corn fields prior harvesting? K-State Applied Row Crop Pathology Program

It's field day season! Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State Univ. K-State Agronomy

Low levels of corn stunt disease have been confirmed in Kansas Link: shorturl.at/TBrNs