The director of the University of Missouri’s plant diagnostic clinic says Cercospora leaf blight pressure in the state increased this year.

Peng Tian tells Brownfield he studied soybean samples from six counties spread across Missouri.

It’s actually very common for the Midwest area but the cases are increasing and causing more damage,” he said. “So, the disease management is really important.”

Tian said he doesn’t have yield impact data for Missouri, but the disease caused up to 10 percent yield loss in affected fields in other states.

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