Be Diligent: Help Minimize Strobilurin Fungicide-Resistant Pathogens in Rice

For many years now, strobilurin fungicides have been used to manage sheath blight disease of rice and they have been the backbone for managing fungal diseases of rice in Arkansas and other Southern rice producing states. However, troubling news came in the summer of 2011 from Louisiana where failure of the fungicide to control sheath blight was confirmed in a few fields.    This is a wake-up call for all of us as to how we use these fungicides and why we should consider integrated management more than ever.  Click here to read the full story.