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Connie Strunk

SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Field Specialist

605-782-3290

SDSU Extension Sioux Falls Regional Center
4101 W 38th St Ste 103
Sioux Falls, SD 57106

Connie supports the citizens of South Dakota in her role as the SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Field Specialist based in Sioux Falls.

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Sioux Falls Regional Center
Also by Connie Strunk
Rows of wheat grass with visible Wheat streak mosaic virus symptoms throughout.

Weed Control is a Must for Preventing Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus

Wheat streak mosaic virus is one of the most damaging viral diseases of winter wheat in the Great Plains. There are no in-season treatments that cure virus-infected wheat. Controlling volunteer wheat and grassy weeds is an important management step.

Uprooted soybean plant showing Red Crown Rot symptoms on the plant roots.

Be on the Lookout for Red Crown Rot in Soybeans

Were your soybeans turning yellow early or exhibiting symptoms that resembled severe, early Sudden Death Syndrome? If so, you could have experienced issues with a new soybean disease called Red Crown Rot.

Hands holding a corn leaf with a single tar spot lesion developing.

Online Reporting of Crop Diseases for Statewide Monitoring Efforts: How You Can Get Involved

Did you know that you can become involved in disease reporting and monitoring across the state? Thanks to a new tool from the Crop Protection Network, producers, crop consultants, and homeowners can report disease sightings on a variety of crops across the state.