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  1. Varying Soil Conditions Can Impact Nutrient Levels

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/varying-soil-conditions-can-impact-nutrient-levels

    year's crop on a field that was sufficiently fertilized this year. In addition, it is possible that not ... laboratory can be found online at http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1133.html. More information on ...

  2. Inspect Crops for Ponding or Freezing Damage

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/inspect-crops-ponding-or-freezing-damage

    for some fields. On the one hand it's a major asset to have the corn's growing point below ... the soil surface when you have frost damage. But on the other hand, when the plant's growing ...

  3. Soybean Rust-Labeled Fungicides Not Worth It for Other Diseases

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-rust-labeled-fungicides-not-worth-it-other-diseases

    June 14, 2005 Editor's note: This is part of a periodic series on information regarding ... soybean rust. The goal is to provide media with the latest updates on the disease and Ohio State's ...

  4. Soggy Fields May Promote Wheat Diseases

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soggy-fields-may-promote-wheat-diseases

    saturated conditions for this fungus to produce spores on old corn residue. Whenever there are high levels ... week, we'll probably start seeing some Stagonospora develop on the upper leaves of the plant," ...

  5. Researchers Screening Soybean Lines for Virus Resistance

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/researchers-screening-soybean-lines-virus-resistance

    severe cases, the pods become malformed and stand upright on the stem." By inoculating various ... impact of this virus is going to be on growers. I think we are taking a very proactive approach," ...

  6. Variety of GMO Tests are Available to Farmers

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/variety-gmo-tests-are-available-farmers

    approved biotech crops to be labeled as non-GMOs. The European Union (EU) has also proposed rules on the ... exactly where the GMO is present on the DNA gene sequence. The PCR method is advantageous due to its ... a farmer's grain to a battery of tests based on the types of crops grown in Ohio and how prevalent the GMO ...

  7. High Fuel Costs, Low Rust Fears Driving Shift in Crop Plantings

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/high-fuel-costs-low-rust-fears-driving-shift-crop-plantings

    acres. If realized, it will be the largest on record. In Ohio, growers intend to plant 3.15 million acres ... last year. "What appears to be going on is a lot of farmers are very worried about high fuel costs ...

  8. Birdseed May Make Your Plants Sick

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/birdseed-may-make-your-plants-sick

    land on a host and infect it. "That is why finding Sclerotinia in commercial birdseed is such ... to also keep a sharp eye on the feeding behavior of birds that visit the birdfeeder. "The ...

  9. Researchers Seeking New Ways to Control Nursery Tree Pest

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/researchers-seeking-new-ways-control-nursery-tree-pest

    terminal, or lead, shoot of the tree and lays eggs under the bark. The larvae hatch and feed on the inside ... presence on the market of non-toxic systemic insecticides is a new development," said Herms. "The ...

  10. Ohio's Wheat May Have Escaped Frost Damage

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohios-wheat-may-have-escaped-frost-damage

    growing point on 10 to 15 randomly selected tillers. Remove the leaves, split the stem lengthwise and ... from 990,000 acres in 2006, but on par with plantings in 2005. The decreased acreage is due, in part, ...

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