Pulse School: Pulling the fungicide trigger on ascochyta (mycosphaerella blight)

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July 10, 2024

Source: RealAgriculture.com

In this Pulse School video, filmed at the 2024 Manitoba Crop Diagnostic School, Dennis Lange, pulse and soybean specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, demonstrates how to use a decision worksheet published by Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers to evaluate whether the threshold for a fungicide application is met for asocochyta.

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