SW MN Pest Management
Bruce Potter
Extension Educator / Assistant Professor
Integrated Pest Management Specialist
Southwest Research and Outreach Center
23669 130th Street
Lamberton, MN 56152
Phone: (507) 752-5066
Fax: (507) 752-5097
E-Mail: bpotter@umn.edu
What's New
Pest Populations
Research
- 2007 Insect and Disease Research
- Financial and/or product support. The Minnesota Soybean Research
and Promotion Council, BASF Corporation, Bayer Corporation, Dow AgroSciences,
DuPont Agricultural Products, FMC Corporation, Garst Seeds, Monsanto
Company, Pioneer Hybrid, Syngenta Crop Protection, Valent USA Corporation.
- The effect of HeadlineŽ
fungicide on the yield of four corn hybrids (Added 01/04/08)
- 2006 Insect and Disease Research (Added 01/08/07)
- Financial and/or product support. The Minnesota Soybean Research
and Promotion Council, BASF Corporation, Bayer Corporation, Dow AgroSciences,
DuPont Agricultural Products, FMC Corporation, Garst Seeds, Monsanto
Company, Pioneer Hybrid, Syngenta Crop Protection, Valent USA Corporation.
- The effect of HeadlineŽ
fungicide on the yield of four corn hybrids
- Foliar fungicide effects
on soybean aphid populations, soybean disease, senescence and yield.
- Foliar insecticide
effects on soybean aphid and soybean yield.
- Foliar fungicide
effects on soybean disease suppression, senescence and yield I.
- Soybean plant health: Foliar
fungicide and insecticide effects on soybean disease suppression, senescence
and yield I
- 2005 Fungicide Research Results (Added 05/01/06)
Management Tips
- Insurance insecticide
treatments for soybean aphids - Why we are concerned about this management
strategy (Added 7/10/08)
- Are you wondering what can
be done to avoid herbicide drift complaints? Read Windy Conditions present
a Challenge for Early Season Weed Control "What can be done to avoid herbicide
drift complaints" written by Jeff Gunsolus, Liz Stahl, and David Nicolai.
(Added 06/07/07)
- Summer's heat and drought
causing numerous problems in corn
- Extremely high winds caused lodged corn in some SW Minnesota counties.
For a discussion of the impacts of lodging at this date see Dale Hicks'
Crop News article at: http://www.extension.umn.edu/cropenews/2004/04MNCN16.htm.
- A spreadsheet to estimate time to soybean aphid threshold and scouting
frequency can be found at http://www.soybeans.umn.edu/crop/insects/aphid/aphid_sagemodel.htm.
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- Do you need prompt, accurate information on plant disease? View the University
of Minnesota's Plant Disease Clinic website for information on submitting
samples.
- Special acknowledgement and thanks for the support of applied pest management
research at Southwest Research and Outreach Center, Lamberton:
- University of Minnesota Extension Service, Bayer Corporation, Corn
States Hybrid, DuPont Agricultural Products, Minnesota Agricultural
Rapid Response Fund, Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council,
Monsanto Company, Pioneer Hybrid HI - Bred, and Syngenta Crop Protection
- 2002 Seed applied insecticide
control of the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) and Bean Leaf Beetle
(Cerotoma trifurcata) (Added 12/9/03)
- A Comparison of Corn Herbicide/Insecticide
Programs (Added 11/12/02)
- Foliar applied insecticide
control of the Soybean Aphid (Added 11/12/02)
- Field Days will Focus on Countering
Soybean Aphid Problems - By: Jim Nesseth (Added 7/1/02)
- Alfalfa Root, Crown, and Stem
Disease Reference (Added 5/14/02)
- Articles prior to 2002
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Last Modified 8/15/08 by B. Potter
with technical assistance from M. Werner