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Plant Health Progress - Peer-Reviewed Journal of Appied Plant Health

12 March 2010. St. Paul MN USA ISSN 1535-1025

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Research affecting practical management recommendations.

Research affecting management recommendations.

• First Report of Dicyma pulvinata on Epichloë typhina and Its Potential for Control of E. typhina. S. C. Alderman, S. Rao, and R. Martin. 16 February 2010. Public Summary | Article

• Etiology of Peanut Pod Rot in Nicaragua: I. The Effect of Pod Size, Calcium, Fungicide, and Nematicide. J. Augusto, T. B. Brenneman, and A. S. Csinos. 15 February 2010. Public Summary | Article

• Etiology of Peanut Pod Rot in Nicaragua: II. The Role of Pythium myriotylum as Defined by Applications of Gypsum and Fungicides. J. Augusto, T. B. Brenneman, and A. S. Csinos. 15 February 2010. Public Summary | Article

• Adaptation of a Phytophthora ramorum Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Based on a Mitochondrial Gene Region for Use on the Cepheid SmartCycler. K. E. Sechler, M. M. Carras, N. Shishkoff, and P. W. Tooley. 12 February 2010. Public Summary | Article

• Effect of Diseases on Soybean Yield in the Top Eight Producing Countries in 2006. A. Wrather, G. Shannon, R. Balardin, L. Carregal, R. Escobar, G. K. Gupta, Z. Ma, W. Morel, D. Ploper, and A. Tenuta. 25 January 2010. Public Summary | Article

• Effect of Pre- and Post-Plant Fungicide and Fertilizer Treatments on Infection by Colletotrichum acutatum, Plant Survival, and Yield of Annual Strawberry in Florida. J. C. Mertely, T. E. Seijo, and N. A. Peres. 25 January 2010. Public Summary | Article

• Effects of Foliar Fungicide and Insecticide Applications on Soybean in Ohio. A. E. Dorrance, C. Cruz, D. Mills, R. Bender, M. Koenig, G. LaBarge, R. Leeds, D. Mangione, G. McCluer, S. Ruhl, H. Siegrist, A. Sundermeier, D. Sonnenberg, J. Yost, H. Watters, G. Wilson, and R. B. Hammond. 22 January 2010. Public Summary | Article

Methods for identifying plant health problems and their causes

Identifying plant health problems and their causes.

• Pythium Root Dysfunction of Creeping Bentgrass. J. P. Kerns and L. P. Tredway. 25 January 2010. Public Summary | Article

Short reports on new findings and recommendations relevant to practitioners

Short reports on new findings and recommendations relevant to practitioners.

• First Report of Two Curtoviruses in Spinach and Common Beet in Arizona. C. Nischwitz and M. W. Olsen. 16 February 2010. Public Summary | Article

• First Report of Leaf Smut of Tomatillo Caused by Entyloma australe. S. T. Koike, D. A. Glawe, and T. Barlow. 16 February 2010. Public Summary | Article

• A User-Friendly Method to Isolate and Single Spore the Fungi Magnaporthe oryzae and Magnaporthe grisea Obtained from Diseased Field Samples. Y. Jia. 15 December 2009. Public Summary | Article

News and Opinions

Opinions on issues impacting plant health maintenance

Opinions on issues impacting plant health maintenance.

• Decline of European Corn Borer as a Pest of Potatoes. T. P. Kuhar, G. Ghidiu, and H. B. Doughty. 29 January 2010. Article

New products, label revisions, and other industry news

New products, label revisions, and other industry news.

• Fungal Fumes Clear Out Crop Pests. USDA-ARS. 19 February 2010. Article

• Risk of Wheat Midge Damage Higher in 2010. North Dakota State University. 17 February 2010. Article

• UK Researchers Study Ways to Biologically Control Wheat Pests. University of Kentucky. 16 February 2010. Article

• Danitol Insecticide Now Registered for Use in Many Specialty Crops. Valent U.S.A. 11 February 2010. Article

• Dynasty Seed Treatment Fungicide Now Registered for Use on Sorghum. Syngenta Crop Protection. 10 February 2010. Article

• Voliam Xpress Insecticide Receives Label Expansion to Include Potatoes, Tree Fruit and Tree Nuts. Syngenta Crop Protection. 8 February 2010. Article

• Resistant Wheat Goes for the Gut to Protect Against Hessian Flies. Purdue University. 8 February 2010. Article

• Isagro USA Announces EPA Registration of Tenet Biorational Fungicide: SipcamAdvan Appointed as US Distributor. SipcamAdvan, LLC. 8 February 2010. Article

• New Drift Risk Advisor Unveiled for Spray Applicators. Oklahoma State University. 8 February 2010. Article

• Researchers Identify Predator of Coffee Berry Borer. University of Kentucky. 3 February 2010. Article

• Research May Change Understanding of Insect-Borne Virus Transmission. Penn State University. 1 February 2010. Article

• Recent Cold Weather Unlikely to Kill Bark Beetles Says Colorado State Forest Service. Colorado State University. 1 February 2010. Article

• Researchers Evaluate Insecticides for Peanuts. Mississippi State University. 1 February 2010. Article

• Could Another Soybean Pest be Right Around the Corner?. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1 February 2010. Article

• Monsanto Highlights New Pipeline Leads, Trial Expansion in Annual Research and Development Presentations. Monsanto Company. 12 January 2010. Article

• Adorn Fungicide Brings New Chemistry to Ornamental Growers. Valent U.S.A. 11 January 2010. Article

• Belay Insecticide Registered for Foliar Applications. Valent U.S.A. 6 January 2010. Article

• New ARS-Developed Soybean Line Resists Key Nematode. USDA-ARS. 31 December 2009. Article

• New Method Tests Severity of Key Citrus Virus. USDA-ARS. 24 December 2009. Article

• Higher Moisture Levels Increase Importance of Stored Grain Management. University of Kentucky. 23 December 2009. Article

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