Area dry bean and soybean farmers will face some new, or at least expanded, challenges this growing season. Dry bean producers are confronted with anthracnose, a little-known disease that can ...

There are a number of fungal soybean diseases that can greatly impact seed quality ... Cercospora purple seed stain (Cercospora kikuchii); Frogeye leaf spot on seed (Cercospora sojina); Anthracnose ...

As a result, soybean yields will be reduced in some fields. Cercospora leaf blight, anthracnose, pod and stem blight, septoria and Sudden Death Syndrome can all be found. Cercospora causes a ...

Rotation with a non-grass crop, such as soybean, can help reduce effects of this disease in the subsequent corn crop. Avoid corn-after-corn rotations, particularly if the field has a history of ...