Prolonged wet weather has created unusual disease and harvest challenges for Nebraska corn and soybean growers. Nebraska Extension Plant Pathologist Tamra Jackson-Ziems and UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic Coordinator Kyle Broderick return to the CropWatch Podcast to discuss late-season crop problems, including premature plant death, stalk and ear rots in corn, and pod and stem blight and anthracnose in soybean. They also explain why some plants are turning black, what causes corn kernels to sprout inside the husk and how these conditions can affect yield and grain quality.
The discussion emphasizes scouting fields to prioritize harvest, checking stalk integrity and ear quality, and recognizing when soybean may need to be harvested ahead of corn. The experts also address respiratory hazards from heavy harvest dust, submitting unusual symptoms to the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, and how hybrid selection, fungicide management and disease forecasting can help reduce future losses.
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