Kakamega farmers trained on handling maize diseases
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It’s no secret that dry, hot conditions have not set the central Kentucky corn crop up to break any records. With this being said, as corn continues to go through
A warm, wet start to the growing season led to a decent start for the 2021 corn crop in central Kentucky; however, we all now know disease development can devastate a good crop. One disease particularly on the farmerâs radar this year is Southern Rust because of the devastating losses it caused on late planted corn in past years. Southern rust, caused by Puccinia polysora, made an appearance in Kentucky the last several years, turning many combines and silage choppers orange during harvest because of the large number of orange-colored pustules present on the leaves. Although the fungus t...