PMN Update #113

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Plant Management Network News Number 113: June 30, 2011     From the Network PMN Welcomes Its Latest University Partner PMN welcomes the University of Arkansas, as it joins the 37 other land-grant university partners who support the Plant Management Network. The University of Arkansas’ Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences prepares graduates for careers as agricultural educators, extension agents, industry-based trainers, information specialists, and technology management specialists. The college provides tomorrow’s leaders through superior educational programs, innovative and applied research programs, and strong outreach programs to the citizens of Arkansas, the United States and the world. To learn more about partnership, contact partners@plantmanagementnetwork.org. Reset Your Password and Renew Your PMN Subscription Online! The Plant Management Network (PMN) is proud to announce its new interactive subscribers’ site, where you can view or print subscription receipts, renew your subscription online, or reset your username and password. Not yet subscribed to the Plant Management Network?  Subscribe online through our Yahoo! Store. Focus on Corn is Now Live Thanks in great part to its supporters and the work of its editorial committee, led by Carl Bradley, Associate Professor of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois, and Harold Reetz, Ph.D., Principal of Reetz Agronomics, Focus on Corn has officially launched. The site includes six starter presentations that collectively apply across America’s corn growing regions. The first six topics cover weed management, crop disease, seeding rates, corn silage, residue management, nematodes, and storage management. Latest Potato Webcast on Powdery Scab This month’s Focus on Potato presentation, titled Powdery Scab of Potato by Dr. Robert Davidson, plant pathologist at Colorado State University, will help you identify and manage this devastating and hard-to-control disease using an integrated approach. Key symptoms used to identify the various stages of the disease are described and contrasted with other similar problems.  Management options discussed include avoiding the disease, measuring the inoculum load in soil, making the appropriate cultivar selections based upon the field history, resistance of a given cultivar, inoculum levels and environment; and utilizing specific chemical control. New Soybean Webcast on Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Includes Early Management Advice The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is causing near catastrophic levels of damage to many horticultural crops.  It is also been documented as a pest of soybean, especially in Maryland, and is spreading south and westward. This Focus on Soybean presentation narrated by Dr. Ames Herbert, an entomologist at Virginia Tech, provides images of BMSB injury to soybean pods, seed, and the ‘stay-green’ condition in fields. Preliminary results of in-field distribution studies and field cage studies that measured impact to soybean are also included along with limited results of insecticide effectiveness studies, and preliminary management recommendations. Last Month’s Most Popular PMN Articles -Applied Turfgrass Science: Plant Growth Regulator Selection and Application Rate Influence Annual Bluegrass Control in Creeping Bentgrass Putting Greens  Article. -Crop Management: Agronomic Responses and Lodging of Three Spring Wheat Cultivars to Trinexapac-ethyl Article. -Forage and Grazinglands: Managing Nitrogen for Crabgrass Hay Production Article. -Plant Health Progress: Efficacy of Fungicides and Biopesticides for Management of Phytophthora Crown and Root Rot of Gerber Daisy Article. Positions Available Submit new employment/intern listings online. It’s free! * Farm Manager * Plant Scientist I-IV * Research Associate - Trait Development Continuous Nursery * Assistant Plant Scientist I and II * Hawaiian Conversion Lead See postings at PMN’s Employment/Internship Posting Service. .   New Articles from . . . Applied Turfgrass Science - Crop Management   Forage and Grazinglands - Plant Health Progress Crop Management Research Volunteer Glyphosate-Tolerant Corn Reduces Soil Water Storage and Winter Wheat Yields      Summary | Article Characterizing Extension Value, Computer Technology, and New Media Use of Midwest Soybean Growers      Summary | Article Optimum Soybean Maturity Groups for Seed Yield and Quality in Wisconsin      Summary | Article Response of Soybean to Sublethal Rates of Glufosinate      Summary | Article Briefs Soybean Seed Yield Was Not Influenced by Foliar Applications of Sugar      Summary | Article News First Wheat Yields Are Available in MU Variety Testing Program      Article Vehicles Aid in Weed Seed Dispersal      Article Farmers Increasing Adoption of Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Soybeans      Article Some Corn Showing Signs of Potassium Deficiency      Article Nitrogen-Deficient Soybeans Can Benefit from Fertilizer Application      Article Unlocking the Secrets to Higher Yields      Article Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds a Growing Problem This Season      Article Farmers Should Properly Handle Leftover Treated Seed After Planting is Complete      Article SFP Introduces the Fertilizer Efficiency Network      Article Clover Seed Brings Income to Oregon Farmers, Nitrogen to Soil      Article Can Corn and Soybean Crops Overcome Late Planting?      Article Delayed Planting, Crop Rotation Keys to Weed Control in Organic Corn, Soybeans      Article Wet Weather Raises Concern for Nitrogen Losses      Article   Applied Turfgrass Science Research Bermudagrass and Zoysiagrass Cultivar Selection: Part 1, Clipping Yield, Scalping Tendency, and Golf Ball Lie       Summary | Article Bermudagrass and Zoysiagrass Cultivar Selection: Part 2, Divot Recovery       Summary | Article News Gowan Company Announces Launch of SedgeHammer+ for Nutsedge Control    Article   Plant Health Progress Research Influence of Adjuvants and Spray Timing of Movento on Aphid Contamination and Crop Injury in Baby Spinach      Summary | Article Evaluation of Phosphonate Treatments for Control of Phytophthora Crown Rot of Walnut      Summary | Article Briefs Thousand Cankers Disease is Widespread in Black Walnut in the Western United States      Summary | Article First Report of Stem Dieback and Leaf Spot of Leucothoe caused by Cylindrocladium colhounii in North Carolina      Summary | Article News Stripe Rust Pressure Rising in Winter Wheat Across Montana       Article Introducing EnviroLogix Family of QualiPlate Kits for Cucurbit Viruses: SqMV, CGMMV & MNSV       Article Fungicides May Not Increase Corn Yields Unless Disease Develops       Article Potato Psyllid Research Helps Producers Determine Best Management Practices       Article Asian Longhorned Beetle Find Means More Bad News for Ohio's Forests, Tree Industries       Article Newest Study Highlights Efficacy of Safari Insecticide Against Emerald Ash Borer       Article Planting Conditions Increase Need for Foliar Fungicides in Corn and Soybean       Article Insect, Disease Control Critical to Successful Pecan Production       Article BASF Expands Clearfield Production System Team of Experts      Article Syngenta Announces Registration of Besiege Insecticide on Southern Crops       Article Increasing Yield Through SCN Management       Article BIOREBA Introduces a New and Unique AgriStrip-magnetic Assay for Fast Detection of Grapevine Leafroll Associated Virus 3 (GLRaV-3)       Article Potato Leafhopper Densities Approaching Economic Thresholds       Article Adorn Fungicide Now Available for Use in New York       Article Soybean Field Guide Revised and Updated      Article Record Number of Cutworms Chew through Control Technologies       Article Presence of Mountain Pine Beetles More Evident on Northern Front Range       Article New Orchid ImmunoStrip with Expanded Potexvirus Detection Capabilities       Article DuPont Prevathon Insect Control Now Available       Article Forage and Grazinglands Research Grazing and Finishing Performance of Steers that Grazed Nontoxic Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue      Summary | Article News Bunker Management Offers Bottom-Line Advantages    Article Nitrogen Guidelines for Cereal Forages      Article Adjust Dairy Cattle Diets for Low-quality Forages      Article Beef Expert: Proper Hay Storage Vital to Protecting Feed Quality      Article Use Caution if Feeding Wheat Hay to Livestock      Article Climate Change Could Impact Livestock Production      Article     www.plantmanagementnetwork.org Copyright ©2011   Forward email to a friend or colleague. 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