When fungicides are successfully utilized to guard soybean crops growers can anticipate to see extra uniform and greater seed dimension when the mix rolls via fields at harvest.
On this episode of the RealAgriculture Soybean School, BASF Canada agronomist Ken Currah says growers can harvest heavier and denser seed, which produces additional bushels, after they do a very good job of timing and concentrating on fungicide on the R2.5 development stage.
“It might be a hair later if we’re in a two-pass program the place that first cross was for white mould. However in case you’re making an attempt to drive some yield and a few seed high quality and seed weight, and reap the benefits of that good yield basis that the sector has, it’s R2.5.”
Within the video, Currah appears on the many components that may affect onset and severity of yield-robbing white mould, together with farm location, subject historical past, rising atmosphere, selection choice row withs and cover. He additionally shares crop staging ideas to assist goal purposes for white mould and explains why it’s essential to restrict the variety of merchandise within the tank at fungicide software if the crop is below stress.
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