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Disease Management

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May 10, 2024

Wheat Disease Update: Stripe Rust Confirmed in Nebraska

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, John Nelson - Extension Educator, Ritika Lamichhane - Extension Educator, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Stripe rust on wheat leaf

May 1, 2024

Wheat Disease Update for May 3, 2024

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Men and women stand around tables looking at container plants

May 1, 2024

Nebraska Extension Offers Introductory-level Crop Scout Training May 21

By Deloris Pittman - Marketing and Promotions Manager for Eastern Nebraska REEC

Partially bleached wheat head

April 24, 2024

Uncommon Wheat Disease in the Nebraska Panhandle in 2023

By Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

Soybean cyst nematode infected plant

October 3, 2023

It’s the Season for Controlling Soybean Cyst Nematode

By Dylan Mangel - Extension Plant Pathologist

September 29, 2023

This Week on N Field: Push Test for Corn Stalk Rot

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September 15, 2023

This Week on N Field: Sudden Death Syndrome of Soybean

Tan spot

July 13, 2023

After-harvest Wheat Disease Management Strategies for Reducing Losses in 2024

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

July 13, 2023

This Week on N Field: Hail Damage on Corn

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July 6, 2023

This Week on N Field: Tar Spot in Corn

Wheat field in southeast Nebraska

May 18, 2023

Wheat Disease Update for May 18, 2023

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

Crop Scout Training participants

April 27, 2023

Nebraska Extension Offers Introductory Level Crop Scout Training May 23

By Deloris Pittman - Marketing and Promotions Manager for Eastern Nebraska REEC

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March 31, 2023

FarmBits Podcast: Predicting Spores

Wheat streak mosaic

June 9, 2022

Wheat Disease Update: Barley Yellow Dwarf and Wheat Streak Mosaic

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Karen DeBoer - Former Extension Educator

SDS on soybeans

October 27, 2021

Seed Selection Can Help Manage Diseases Next Year

By Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

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April 29, 2021

Crop Protection Network Scouting School

Powdery mildew on wheat

April 28, 2021

Scout Wheat Fields for Early Disease Detection

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

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April 22, 2021

Sample Testing Underway at Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

By Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Frogeye leaf spot on soybean plant

March 17, 2021

Nebraska Soybean Foliar Fungicide Use Survey

By Asha Mane - Graduate Student, Sydney Everhart - Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Soybean root with SCN infection

March 17, 2021

Managing Soybean Cyst Nematode Starts Now

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