MSU scientists looking to stop leaf blight in soybeans
by MBJ Staff Published: July 23,2012
Tags: agriculture, college, commodity, disease, education, farm, farmer, farming, higher education, leaf blight, plant disease, Plant Pathology, research, row crop, row farmer, row farming, science, Soybean, university
STONEVILLE — Mississippi State University scientists are trying to identify soybean varieties resistant to a disease that can reduce yields by more than 20 bushels per acre. MSU plant pathologist Gabe Sciumbato and research associate Walter Solomon are checking soybean varieties for purple leaf blight through MSU’s soybean variety trials. Both are Mississippi Agricultural and [...] [...]
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