Trey Price: Protecting Plants From Diseases
By Olivia McClure and Craig Gautreaux
LSU AgCenter
High humidity and lots of rainfall can spell trouble for farmers. Those conditions, which are common during the growing season for row crops in Louisiana, provide an environment where plant diseases can flourish.
To make things even more challenging, it is not always clear which disease is present on a plant — making it difficult to decide on a course of action