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Scouting, Digging for Corn Rootworm Damage
2013-08-01 19:50:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed("limelight_player_508936"); Jeff Housman, district agronomist, Mycogen, advises farmers to get out and walk corn fields to scout for corn rootworm damage. He says to start digging roots and evaluate them for corn rootworm pressure. "Management strategies are key," says Housman. read more
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Scout Cornfields for Rootworm Beetles Now
2013-07-27 04:04:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Iowa Soybean Association On-Farm Network Some cornfields in Iowa are now silking, and even though we had a longer planting period than usual, most will be well into reproductive stages shortly. Tristan Mueller, ISA On-Farm Network program manager, says nows the time to be watching your fields for adult corn rootworm beetles. read more
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Scout Fields for Corn Rootworm
2013-07-26 20:59:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Corn & Soybean Digest editor Kurt Lawton went on a root dig this week on a northeast Iowa farm. He explored a Mycogen rootworm test plot with district agronomist Jeff Housman. Check out these scouting tips for corn rootworm damage on roots as well as silks. Housman estimated a 40-50-bu. loss in this test plot based on early indications of rootworm severity. read more
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Corn Rootworm Management Options
2013-06-27 21:39:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: DuPont Pioneer While there are traits and products to help you protect your corn crops against corn rootworm, you still need to manage against the pest and that means knowing about larvae and adult beetle populations in your fields. According to experts from DuPont Pioneer, scouting corn fields to keep tabs on rootworm populations is essential to protecting your corn crop against rootworm damage. read more
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Corn Rootworm Management Options
2013-06-27 21:39:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: DuPont Pioneer While there are traits and products to help you protect your corn crops against corn rootworm, you still need to manage against the pest and that means knowing about larvae and adult beetle populations in your fields. According to experts from DuPont Pioneer, scouting corn fields to keep tabs on rootworm populations is essential to protecting your corn crop against rootworm damage. read more
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