The Florida Region recently hosted two USGA Green Section interns: Mrs. Norma Flor and Mr. Brad Shaver. Both are Ph.D. candidates studying turfgrass science. Norma is researching patch disease ...

When observing unexplained stunting, wilting, or death in crops. When planting into a field with a history of nematodes. In areas with prior poor performance. In fall when nematode populations should ...

Soybean cyst nematode is still a pest in many of Minnesota’s soybean fields. Light infestations of SCN in fields will have no above-ground symptoms, which is part of the challenge, but yields will be ...

U.S. soybean farmers face a $1 billion problem each year in the form of yield losses from soybean cyst nematode (SCN). 1 Yet rather than throw up your hands in defeat, get down in the soil and get ...

October is known as soybean cyst nematode action month because this is the best time to get out and soil sample for SCN. The end of a soybean season is when SCN levels will be at their highest in the ...

Fall is always a good time for soil tests, and following the hot, dry summer of 2021, this is also a good time to test for soybean cyst nematode. “Soybean cyst nematode, unfortunately, loves hot, dry ...

Corn nematodes may be the most neglected pest in your fields—and they could be capping your yields. “Very few farmers tell me they have a corn nematode problem,” says Farm Journal Associate Field ...

Potato cyst nematode costs the industry more than £25m each year and accurate soil testing is a critical aid in managing the pest to minimise crop losses. At low levels of infestation, crops show no ...

Potato growers will have to think carefully about how they define a “field” for sampling under the new potato cyst nematode directive, the Potato Council’s Mike Storey said during a seminar at British ...