Additional Gram-positive Bacterial Diseases in Nebraska Crop Production
May 11, 2021
Over the last few months, I have been relating the stories of a group of plant pathogenic bacteria known as “Gram positive,” which refers to the reaction of bacterial cell walls to microscopic dyes that divides bacteria into two primary groups: negative and positive. This was originally developed by Danish bacteriologist Hans C. Gram.
Rust on Alfalfa
September 13, 2018
Warm, humid weather has caused rust to form in many alfalfa fields throughout our region. While it causes little damage in fields harvested monthly, it can injure and defoliate more mature alfalfa or alfalfa grown for seed.