disease management

• By Yeshi Wamishe and Jarrod Hardke • The production of hydrogen sulfide in some soil types due to an interplay between soil chemistry and microbes under anaerobic/ flooded conditions may affect rice starting early in its development. Does your...

• By Yeshi Wamishe and Jarrod Hardke • Disease and lodging ratings shown in the table below represent the expected reactions of our commercial rice cultivars to diseases and lodging under favorable conditions. Generally, an integrated disease management approach is...

• By Yeshi Wamishe and Jarrod Hardke • Drs. By Yeshi Wamishe, Extension rice pathologist, and Jarrod Hardke, Extension rice agronomist, provide the optimum fungicide timing window for various fungal diseases below. You also can download this information and more...

• By Yeshi Wamishe • Automatic fungicide applications for sheath blight in rice are highly discouraged due to the potential development of fungicide resistance and non-profitability. Although sheath blight can be reduced with best cultural practices, it is one of...

• By Yeshi Wamishe • Preventative measures including land preparation, variety selection, seed treatment, timing for planting, nutrient and water management are key to suppressing most rice diseases. Implementing best cultural practices typically results in a healthy, flourishing crop. Under...

• By Yeshi Wamishe • If have fields with a history of hydrogen sulfide toxicity which led to a condition called autumn decline as in Figure 1 and 2, you need to begin scouting two weeks after establishing permanent flood....

Rice farmers in northeast Louisiana, including those interested in trying row rice, heard advice from LSU AgCenter scientists about the upcoming 2019 season at a recent meeting in Rayville. They also heard some potentially good news from the president of...

The LSU AgCenter will hold a series of meetings to help rice farmers prepare for their 2019 crop. The educational sessions will provide farmers with advice on choosing varieties, land preparation, controlling pests and the new farm bill. Farmers also will...

• By Jarrod Hardke • Several low-yielding rice fields recently have been identified as having stem rot. In the past few years, I have not observed much stem rot, but some of the cases this year have been particularly severe. If you...

The 2018 rice harvest in southwest Louisiana is past the halfway point, and Louisiana State University AgCenter agents say farmers are pleased. “Yields have been good, and it seems overall to be a very good crop,” says Jeremy Hebert, LSU...

California Rice Research Foundation OKs two varieties for release. By Kent McKenzie The California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation Board of Directors recently released two new rice varieties for California producers — a Calrose-type medium grain with blast resistance and a jasmine-type...

The 2017 rice season was anything but normal in Louisiana. By Dustin Harrell Before the beginning of each production season, rice farmers and consultants can feel the excitement and electricity in the air. They are eager to begin the year with...

Kernel smut in rice seemed to be more prevalent in southwest Louisiana last year than it has been historically. Typically, kernel smut pressure in southwest Louisiana is much lower than in the northeastern Louisiana rice-production area. Because of this, management...