With a wet growing season, the conditions were ripe for white mold in dry bean and soybean production. During the NDSU Dry Bean Tour at the Carrington Research Center, NDSU Extension Research Plant Pathologist Michael Wunsch said the crops that entered full bloom before the three-week period of hot weather in July had the more significant white mold problems. Timing for fungicide applications is a focus. “We’ve learned a lot about application timing and droplet size,” said Wunsch. “On the droplet size, we still need to finalize exactly what canopy characteristics drive your decision-making for which droplet size to use.”
