A Modern Approach to Tar Spot Management with Purdue University’s Darcy Telenko
About this episode
The episode features a discussion on tar spot management with expert Darcy Telenko from Purdue University.
Sean and Andrew are back at Purdue University with resident tar spot expert Darcy Telenko. The crew discusses: ✅ Efficacy of fungicide application for tar spot and southern rust ✅ Taking the emotion out of management decisions ✅ Most effective fungicide application timing for a one-pass program ✅ How drones are changing fungicide applications ✅ The yield impact of tar spot disease ✅ How to predict onset of tar spot disease ✅ What research is happening now to better understand tar spot disease Meet the Guest: 🌱 Dr. Darcy Telenko is an associate professor of botany and plant pathology at Purdue University. Her research program focuses on promoting sustainable and economically sound disease management practices in Indiana field crops. Her interdisciplinary plant pathology research and extension program is involved in studying the biology and management of soilborne and foliar pathogens of agronomic crops. Follow Darcy on X. A Penney for Your Thoughts is hosted by Sean Blomgren, agronomist and owner of Blomgren Seed from Boone, Iowa, and Andrew Penney, plant doctor and Preceon agronomy lead for Bayer Crop Science from Ames, Iowa. We cover all things agronomy and high-yield…
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