red crown rot

First case of red crown rot, yield-robbing soybean disease, confirmed in Missouri in Marion County

August 5, 2024 | By Linda Geist, University of Missouri Extension

COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri Extension state plant pathologist Mandy Bish reports confirmaion of red crown rot, a yield-robbing soybean disease, in Marion County in northeastern Missouri. This is the first confirmed incidence of the disease in the state. Bish says MU Extension specialists have been scouting for the pathogen since its confirmation in…