Louisiana Rice: A Good Reason Not To Delay The Flood
Late one afternoon this week I got a call to look at some “rice that looks like it is dying.” […]
View ArticleLouisiana Rice: Leaf Blast Turning Up In More Fields And Earlier
Leaf blast has been found in several rice fields in southern Louisiana on several varieties earlier than normal this year. […]
View ArticleLouisiana: Rice Diseases Highlight Field Day Presentations
Rice farmers should be vigilant for disease, specifically leaf blast, that is worse than in previous years, LSU AgCenter experts […]
View ArticleLouisiana Rice: Don’t Skip Fungicides – Rotten Neck Blast Has Moved In
Dr. Linscombe took the photograph at right in his plots on the Research Station. It looks like borer damage, but […]
View ArticleLouisiana Rice: Black Kernel Showing Up
At right is a photograph sent to me by B. D. Fontenot. I forwarded it to Dr. Don Groth, Plant […]
View ArticleLouisiana Rice: Past Years Provide Lessons for Disease Management
The years 2006 and 2012 were very similar disease years in southwest Louisiana rice. Both years were preceded by warm […]
View ArticleArkansas Rice: Disease Issues Heading Into July
No new reports of blast in Arkansas since it was first observed on Jupiter in Woodruff County on June 24. […]
View ArticleLouisiana Rice: Now Is the Time for Ratoon Crop Disease Management
Most rice fields in southwest Louisiana are past the stage when fungicides can be applied and are beneficial. The exception […]
View ArticleLouisiana Rice: For Many Reasons, A Light Disease Year
In general, rice disease pressure was light in Louisiana in 2013 and record yields were expected, even with the cold […]
View ArticleCalifornia Rice: Blast Incidence and Severity, What Conditions Are Favorable
It is still too early to know if this is going to be a year with high incidence and severity […]
View ArticleArkansas Rice: Weather a Roll of the Dice, Expect More Disease Development
Crop Progress The weather and its effect on the rice crop is becoming a daily roll of the dice. The […]
View ArticleLouisiana Rice Disease Resistance Ratings For 2014
Most first crop harvesting is done, and the second crop is developing. Therefore, it is time to start thinking about […]
View ArticleArkansas Rice: Crown Sheath Rot Unusually Severe in Medium-Grains
Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis (Sacc.) Arx and D.Oliver causes crown (black) sheath rot disease of rice. This disease is common […]
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Texas Rice Update: Rice Water Weevil, Rice Leaf Miner and Leaf Blast
Thanks to Tropical Storm Bill, the Beaumont Center received another deluge of rain—about 6 inches in 2-3 days (June 16-18). For the months of March, April and May, the Beaumont
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Arkansas: Agriculture Field Day, Pine Bluff, Sept. 17
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Agriculture Field Day will be Thursday, Sept. 17, at the UAPB Agriculture Research Station on Oliver Road, off University Drive. The field day
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Rice: Research May Lead Control for Blast Disease
In a “clash of the microbes,” University of Delaware plant scientists are uncovering more clues critical to disarming a fungus that is the number one killer of rice plants. The
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Louisiana Rice: Ready For Sheath Blight?
Over the past 10 days, we have seen a lot of rain across the state, and if it was not raining, it was humid and overcast. These are perfect conditions
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Arkansas Rice: Rain Creating More Late Season Disease Problems
Sheath Blight Sheath blight still continues to move up in untreated fields likely causing some late season damage. You may be seeing heavy production of sclerotia by the fungus as
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Texas Rice Update: Rice Water Weevil, Rice Leaf Miner and Leaf Blast
Thanks to Tropical Storm Bill, the Beaumont Center received another deluge of rain—about 6 inches in 2-3 days (June 16-18). For the months of March, April and May, the Beaumont
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Arkansas: Agriculture Field Day, Pine Bluff, Sept. 17
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Agriculture Field Day will be Thursday, Sept. 17, at the UAPB Agriculture Research Station on Oliver Road, off University Drive. The field day
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