Seedling diseases of soybeans
The following is posted on behalf of Dr. Nathan Kleczewski, Field Crops Pathologist for Growmark. This content is from the Field Crop Disease Hub webpage Dr. Kleczewski curated.
Soybeans have started to emerge, and as you may expect, this is a prime time to scout fields for early season seedling diseases. Seedling diseases are caused primarily by fungi or fungal like organisms that , under the correct conditions (moisture, temperature, susceptible variety) can colonize the seed or germinating seedling and cause the seedling to die before it reaches the soil surface,…