by Thomas Isakeit, Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist

Following a very wet and slow start in 2015 and some seedling disease issues, there is more interest in seed treatments to minimize seedling losses and get the crop off to a good start. On the other hand, farmers are looking for ways to cut input cost and are curious about the value of the seed treatments. To address some of these questions, I have updated a listing of fungicides labeled for seedling diseases of cotton, which can be found in three tables in my factsheet, “Managing Seedling Diseases of Cotton”, which can be found at http://cotton.tamu.edu/NematodesAndDisease.html.  The factsheet gives the rationale for making fungicides choices.

Thomas Isakeit, Ph.D.
Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist
College Station, TX
t-isakeit@exchange.tamu.edu