Crop Management Report

Multifunctional patch offers early threat detection for plants

   RALEIGH, N.C. — Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an electronic patch that can be applied to the leaves of plants to monitor crops for different pathogens — such as viral and fungal infections — and stresses such as drought or...

Farmers warned to stay vigilant on corn rootworm

    WESTFIELD, Ind. — Agronomists are concerned farmers in key producing areas of the Midwest could see an increase in corn rootworm pressure in 2022. Population densities have risen in recent years and a drier fall followed by a mild winter likely led to lower...

Mutant corn gene may lead to breeding better crop

    UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An abnormal build-up of carbohydrates — sugars and starches — in the kernels and leaves of a mutant line of corn can be traced to one misregulated gene, and that discovery is offering clues about how the plant is able to deal with...

Innovative platform monitors pests, predicts problems

    UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In the fall of 2004, researchers on a soybean farm near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were surprised to discover a multitude of soybean plants on which leaves had developed reddish-brown lesions.The culprit soon was identified as Asian...

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