After significant white mold pressure this past year, the inoculum is in the soil and could be an issue in 2026, 2027, and beyond. “Those sclerotia had been produced, that are in the stem basically within that plant, of soybean, dry bean, canola, for example, and now they are a part of that (soil) residue,” said Ken Deibert, technical service representative, BASF. “That sclerotia, it’s just waiting on moisture now for subsequent seasons and those things can remain in the soil for a number of years as well.” BASF has a new fungicide available in 2026 to control white mold called Zorina. Learn more in the interview.
