Fungicide
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Wheat
is becoming a “high tech” crop;
the days of “plant it and forget it
until harvest” are over.
“Double cropping with soybeans
has added new options in crop
selection for producers. The ad
vent of foliar fungicides
represented additional op
portunities for yield increases,”
says Herbert Cole, professor of
plant pathology at Penn State.
Powdery mildew and Septoria
leaf blotch, disease of wheat, can
be effectively controlled through
foliar sprays. Bayleton provides
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controls disease in wheat
excellent control of powdery
mildew and Tilt controls both
powdery mildew and Septoria, he
adds.
In 1982, 3,500 acres of wheat in
Pennsylvania were sprayed with
Bayleton under an environmental
Protection Agency registration
provision. Bayleton possibly will
have full registration for use in the
1963 season, while Hit is un
dergoing the registration
procedures and should be
available for the 1964 crop.
Fungicides along, however, are
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or combine.
. Better
A by Design
ALLIS-CHALMERS
bushel wheat yields. High yields
depend on various production
options integrated into a workable
system. Planting time, planting
rate, row spacing, variety, fer
tilizer rate, soil type, weed
treatment, and foliar fungicides all
must be considered in picking
options for maximum produc
tivity.
“If fungicide application is to be
a profitable practice, then all other
production factors must be op
timized,” Cole adds. “Wheat
should be planted at the Hessian
fly free date in narrow rows. A
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In general, the later the planting
date, the higher the seeding rate is
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as residual nitrogen, organic
matter, and overall farm fertility
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"The benefit from a foliar
fungicide treatment will depend on
doing everything else right, in
devising a production system, and
then monitoring the fields for
powdery mildew and Septoria
development,” the Penn State
plant pathologist notes.
trade consultant
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Clint Roberts, former
Congressman from
South Dakota’s 2nd
District, has been
named a special con
sultant on international
trade matters at the
U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Roberts will work in
the development of
export trading com
panies and in counter
trade issues in the upper
midwest and western
states. While in
Congress, Roberts was
instrumental in the
passage of legislation
permitting the for
mation of export trading
companies.
“Clint Roberts brings
unique qualifications to
this important post,”
said Secretary of
Agriculture John R.
Block. “His knowledge
of trading issues gives
him the experience
needed to get the job
done. And because of his
hands-on work in far
ming and ranching, be
has a grassroots
knowledge of why his
work is so important. He
will be a great asset to
us as we continue our
efforts to gain a
equitable share of the
world market.”
Roberts, a fanner
rancher in the Presho,
South Dakota area,
served as a Secretary of
Agriculture for south
Dakota prior to his 1978
election to Congress. He
also served three times
in the State Senate.
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