Sweet orange scab, a fungal disease on citrus fruit, resembles bird damage, but the fruit is safe to eat. (Photo courtesy of the LSU AgCenter) QUESTION: I am getting ready to spray my citrus trees ...

Rain over the first full weekend in August got me thinking about late blight, a devastating disease of tomatoes and other crops. Unfortunately, thought didn't lead to action. Reluctant to spray my ...

Question: What is dormant spray? I was told to use it on my fruit trees, but I don’t know what it is. Thanks. Answer: Dormant sprays are sprays used on fruit trees during the winter, the dormant ...

Potato growers face a persistent late-season threat: aerial stem rot (ASR), a bacterial disease primarily caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum. Often emerging after thunderstorms and other weather ...

Think applying a fungicide will bump your soybean yield 10 bu. or 15 bu. per acre? Well, it might, if you have a significant amount of disease, such as frogeye leaf spot. But what about a preventive ...

IN work on spray application problems, a simple method has been devised, capable of use in the field, by which the pattern of copper fungicide deposits on treated plant surfaces may be assessed and ...