Plant Pathology & Plant Disease Management

Plant Pathology & Plant Disease Management

NDSU and MSU Research Extension Centers develop outreach materials and conducts studies to improve the identification and management of plant diseases of economic importance to North Dakota. Diseases of chickpeas, dry beans, field peas, lentils, soybeans, and sunflowers are major emphases of current efforts, but work is also done on diseases of alfalfa, barley, canola, corn, flax, safflower, oats, and wheat.

Updated disease management information for chickpeas, dry edible beans, field peas, lentils, soybeans, and sunflowers has been posted to the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center website. Search for "NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center" and click on the "plant pathology" link on the left side of the page. or click the link below.

For most crops and diseases, fungicide efficacy reports are now organized by registered fungicide. This new method of organizing the results should facilitate a rapid evaluation of the performance of specific fungicides against target diseases.
Many new fungicide efficacy reports have been added, particularly for dry beans, soybeans, and sunflowers.
Updated fungicide recommendations are provided for chickpeas and lentils.
Information has been added on the identification and management of pea seed-borne mosaic virus (PSbMV) of field peas.
A new set of slides has been added to facilitate the identification of Ascochyta versus anthracnose on lentils.

In addition to research results from the Carrington Research Extension Center, results are also posted from collaborative projects with researchers at other locations. Special thanks go to Tyler Tjelde and Cameron Waldstrom of the Williston Research Extension Center; Scott Halley, Pravin Gautam, and Amanda Arens of the Langdon Research Extension Center; Jeremy Pederson, formerly of the North Central Research Extension Center; and Sam Markell and his team at the NDSU Department of Plant Pathology.

Plant Pathology and Plant Disease Management Results

Research Reports funded by the NPGA

Research funded by the Northern Pulse Growers Association and conducted by the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center in collaboration with the NDSU Williston Research Extension Center has facilitated significant advances in our understanding on how to successfully manage Ascochyta blight in chickpeas even in summers with extended periods of cool, wet weather.

Optimizing management of Ascochyta blight in chickpeas with fungicides
by Michael Wunsch, Plant Pathologist, NDSU-CREC

Brochure links:

Indentification and Management of Lentil Diseases

Indentification of Mycosphaerella Blight of Field Peas

Management of Ascochyta Blight of Chickpea

Plant Pathology & Plant Disease Management