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Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

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January 11, 2019

Soybean Disease Update

By Loren Giesler - Head of the Department of Plant Pathology, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Map of bacterial leaf streak distribution in Nebraska

January 9, 2019

Corn Disease Update

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

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January 9, 2019

What’s New in Plant Pathology

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Ear rot diseases on three corn ears.

October 12, 2018

Stalk and Grain Quality Likely to Decline During Wet Weather

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Purple seed stain on soybean seed

September 19, 2018

Cercospora Purple Seed Stain and Blight in Some Nebraska Fields

By Nick Arneson - Research Technologist in Plant Pathology, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Left photo showing corn stalk breakage from Gibberela stalk rot and right photo showing corn stalk damage from Fusarium stalk rot.

September 13, 2018

Stalk Rot Diseases in Nebraska Corn Fields

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Map showing the 70 counties where bacterial leaf streak has how been confirmred.

August 10, 2018

Crop Disease Update

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Terra Hartman - Graduate Research Assistant, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Southern rust on a corn leaf

July 20, 2018

Southern Rust of Corn Confirmed in Nebraska

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Goss's bacterial wilt and blight and northern corn leaf blight on the same corn leaf.

June 29, 2018

Differentiating Corn Leaf Diseases

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Corn growing in flooded soil

June 22, 2018

Flooding and Ponding in Corn

By Amy Timmerman - Extension Educator, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Tyler Williams - Former Cropping Systems Extension Educator, Brian Krienke - Former Soils Extension Educator

Chart showing estimated yields of various populations per planting date

June 14, 2018

Severe Storms and Hail-Damaged Crops: Steps for Making the Right Decisions

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Loren Giesler - Extension Plant Pathologist

Bacterial leaf streak and Goss's wilt

June 7, 2018

Conditions Right for Development of Corn Diseases

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

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January 8, 2018

Fungicides are for Fungi

By Loren Giesler - Extension Plant Pathologist, Bob Harveson - Extension Plant Pathologist, Panhandle Research and Extension Center, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

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January 8, 2018

Corn Disease Update

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

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January 8, 2018

What’s New in Plant Pathology: Changes in the Plant & Pest Diagnostic Clinic

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Corn root damage from root-lesion and other nematodes

November 10, 2017

Nebraska Corn Board Supports Free Corn Nematode Testing

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Diplodia fungus on a corn ear

September 29, 2017

Ear Rot Diseases Developing in Some Nebraska Corn Fields

By Rodrigo Mendoza – Graduate Research Assistant, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Lodged corn

September 22, 2017

Stalk Rot Diseases in Nebraska Corn Fields

By Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Bacterial leaf streak in corn

August 25, 2017

Bacterial Leaf Streak of Corn

By Sarah Sivits - Former Extension Educator, Terra Hartman - Graduate Research Assistant, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Gray leaf spot (left) and southern rust (right) in corn

August 18, 2017

Corn Disease Update: Are we out of the woods yet?

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist