Applying Fungicides For Greater Profits

The article addresses the application of fungicides to cereal crops for increased profits with healthier crops by reduction of leaf and stem rust. In 1971, field and small plot were conducted near Langdon, North Dakota to test the validity of fungicide applications to wheat and barley to protect potential yielding ability, to evaluate untried fungicides as controls for leaf rust and leaf spot diseases, and to evaluate the use of an additive for prolonging the functional period of a fungicide on the leaf surface. Data from these tests show that significant yield reductions are prevented with foliar applications of fungicides to wheat to control leaf rust and leaf spotting diseases. Those farmers growing barley need to consider available soil moisture on re-crop land before using a fungicide to protect against disease