A plant pathologist says this summer’s weather pattern has led to an increase in some soybean diseases across the Midwest.

Dylan Mangel with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says dryness was followed by rain. “We had stressed plants early on. When we have stressed plants, those root systems didn’t have water, and they’re more susceptible to disease when that water shows up later.”

He tells Brownfield phytophthora can kill plants and was very prevalent in July.  

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