I would like to remind everyone on the resources available for monitoring field crop diseases here in Indiana as planting progresses. The Purdue Field Crop Pathology Team will be tracking diseases across Indiana and will post updates here in Pest & Crop, on our website https://indianafieldcroppathology.com/ and with the Crop Protection Network Crop Lookout Tool (https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-lookout). You can also follow me on X @DTelenko. National disease tracking and prediction programs are place to monitor for some the more economically important diseases in the U. S., such as Fusarium head blight in wheat (Fig. 1), wheat stripe rust (Fig. 1), southern rust of corn, and tar spot (Fig 2). In addition, the Crop Protection Network site hosts collaborative outputs on important issues affecting field crops in the U. S. and Canada, this site has numerous resources and fungicide efficacy tables for corn, soybean, and wheat. There are also a few other[Read More…]