Berg Agricultural Hall 261
Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science-2207A
Brookings, SD 57007
Madalyn supports the citizens of South Dakota in her role as an Assistant Professor and SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Specialist located at the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings.
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.
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.
In South Dakota, rhubarb is generally hardy, but it can develop several diseases that, when left unmanaged, cause severe damage and decline of plants. Leaf spots caused by the fungi Ascochyta rhei and Ramularia rhei are the most-common diseases we observe.
