Despite a dry year, NDSU Soybean Plant Pathologist Wade Webster has seen disease pressure in pockets throughout North Dakota. “We’re finding quite a bit of white mold that lined up well with different rainfall events.” Charcoal rot was also found in soybeans this year. This disease is generally less common this far north because it requires high temperatures. Webster says the disease is popping up now that there has been drought stress following hot temperatures in May and June. Webster spoke at the Peterson Farms Seed Field Day to bring awareness to soybean disease issues.
