Rude Awakening: Fungicide-Resistant Sheath Blight Should be a Wake-Up Call to Follow Resistance Management Rules Regardless of Where You Farm
By Vicky Boyd, Rice Farming Magazine
Resistance of the sheath blight pathogen to the popular strobilurin fungicides continues to increase, encompassing roughly half of Louisiana’s rice acres as well as one confirmed field in Mississippi. Although strobilurins still provide good sheath blight control in fields without resistance, the growing issue should reinforce the need to follow sound resistance-management practices, says Louisiana State University AgCenter plant pathologist Don Groth.