I think areolate mildew has showed up 7-10 days earlier than in 2022. Pay attention to the lower-to-middle canopy. Symptoms typically present on the leaf underside, but at least in MS we are seeing symptoms and signs of the fungus on the upper leaf #mscrops Cotton Incorporated

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BEGINS THIS MONTH‼️ And Post Malone is here to get us ready 🎵

Wide-spread potassium deficiency in cotton spotted in Williamson Co today. The issue is helped along by hot and dry weather. #cotton #agriculture

“Crazy top” in sorghum spotted yesterday. We are leaning towards attributing it to smut, as opposed to downy mildew. Very cool symptomatology! #sorghum #agriculture #plantdisease

We are happy to announce that Dr. Won Bo Shim, has been named as the permanent department head of the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology starting September 1st! Learn more about Dr. Shim's passion for #PLPM ➡️ tx.ag/Shim

Spent the last 2 days helping out with cotton harvest. Only snag in our progress was the picker and us overheating ☀️🔥☀️ #cotton #agriculture

Earlier this week, I helped get some of the last of the cotton crop harvested at the TAMU research farm. The weather threw us a bone by sending some clouds our way! #cotton #agriculture

Had a great time at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Fort Worth last week. Many interesting presentations and discussions! Also, I was honored to receive 1st place in the Disease Council’s student presentation competition! #BWCC24 NatlCottonCouncil

Get summer interns trained for the crop scouting season with the online Crop Scout School at cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-scouting-… Tons of topics including weed ID, crop growth, plant disease, pest insects, herbicide injury and much more! Videos from Watson Nematology Laboratory Max Sturdivant Scott Graham

It was wonderful to be back in SC for this year’s APS SouthernDivision meeting! A week full of ideas, great conversations, and fun times. Feeling very grateful to be representing the Southern Division at the upcoming The American Phytopathological Society national meeting! See y’all in Memphis!

Had a wonderful time at the 101st APS Southern Division Meeting! I enjoyed learning about all the cool research going on and making new friends! APS SouthernDivision #inourplantpathologyera Super proud of all the Clemson University graduate students that presented! #GoTigers

I was in Williamson Co., TX today collecting soil, and saw corn seedlings popping up - field season is here!

First cotton planting of the year (for me that is)! This time it’s a seed treatment nematicide trial close to campus in Burleson County.

Today was year 4 of cotton planting for me in the Sun City area ☀️ As per usual, I was impressed by the sights that the area has to offer. Interested to see what this year’s FOV4 pressure brings us! #cotton #agriculture

Cotton planting in the Brazos Bottoms yesterday, and spraying corn in the Lower Rio Grande Valley today makes for a busy end of the week! Corn, cotton, and sorghum all look good in the LRGV thanks to the recent rains! #agriculture

Hot and humid conditions in the Brazos Bottoms today for nematode soil sampling. Thankfully, we beat the rain! #cotton #agriculture

Had a good time speaking about corn, cotton, and sorghum diseases at the Matagorda Co. crop tour last Thursday! Not much disease to be seen, but we did find a little southern rust (Puccinia polysora) 🌽

Last Thursday, it was great to hear from recent PLPM graduate Dr. Khanal (Sabin Khanal) and others at the Beaumont Rice Field Day. It was a good day for disease hunting too, with finding panicle blight (Burkholderia, 3rd picture), among others 🌾

On our way to Plant Health, we visited the Lonoke, AR area, seeing great examples of root knot nematode galling and foliar symptoms, as well as southern blight (A. rolfsii). Thank you Travis Faske for getting the learning started before we even made it to Memphis! The American Phytopathological Society

Crops are out of the field, but scout school is in session! Forty-two episodes on soybean, corn, alfalfa, and wheat topics. Watch at cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-scouting-… From Extension. Justin McMechan Travis Legleiter Ben Thrash Andrew Friskop Kiersten Wise Martin Chilvers Shawn Conley