This work was performed with Albert Tenuta (OMAFRA) and David C. Hooker (University of Guelph, Ridgetown). Objective Gibberella ear rot is a significant disease that reduces the quality of grain corn, especially with the accumulation of mycotoxins (such as Deoxynivalenol (DON)) produced from the causal pathogen(s). Infection occurs through the corn silk channel when ideal temperatures […]
This article was written with information from George Hamilton, Field Extension Specialist with New Hampshire Cooperative Extension (retired), and from Dr. Ben Werling, West Michigan Vegetable Educator with Michigan State University Extension. Commercial sweet corn growers must use spray application equipment capable of depositing spray material at the ear zone. These producers often hail from […]
Why aren’t there more air-assist boom sprayers in Canada? I can understand why field croppers might hesitate to pay for the feature because it’s only been in recent years that fungicide applications have become a regular part of their annual spray program. But, high-value horticultural muck crops like onion and carrot, or field vegetables like […]