I See Dead Plants

The "I See Dead Plants" podcast aims to provide community growers and citizens with crop, pesticide, fungicide, and management knowledge for daily life. Listen to the trailer here for more information from Ed Zaworski and Daren Mueller.

On this episode of the I See Dead Plants Podcast, host Ed Zaworski speaks with Dr. Andrew Penney, a former PhD. student at Iowa State University who now works with Bayer Crop Sciences as a Technical Agronomist. Andrew shares his past experiences as a student working to understand different fungicide application technologies and how they affect overall yield. He also explains his research findings from his article, published by Elsevier Ltd., called “Comparison of aerial and ground sprayer fungicide application technologies on canopy coverage, disease severity, lodging, and yield of corn”. Additional Resources: Meta-analysis of yield response of foliar fungicide-treated hybrid corn in the United States and Ontario, Canada by Wise et al. 2019. Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Corn Diseases from the Crop Protection Network. Impact of foliar fungicide timing and fungicide class on corn yield response in the United States and Ontario, Canada from the Crop Protection Network. Fungicide Use in Field Crops web book from the Crop Protection Network. Comparison of fungicide application technology: Relationship between coverage and disease severity and the physiological impact of fungicides on grainfill thesis. How to cite this podcast: Zaworski, E. (Host) and Penney, A. (Interviewee). Gettin’ Fungicide All Up in My Canopy. S1:E3 (Podcast). July 28, 2021. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. Https://www.ipm.iastate.edu/podcasts/i-see-dead-plants/gettin'-fungicide-all-my-canopy.

On this episode of the I See Dead Plants Podcast, host Ed Zaworski continues the conversation with entomologist Ashley Dean about her article on soybean aphid, published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry, called “Developing a decision‐making framework for insect pest management: a case study using Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae)”. Additional Resources: Soybean Aphid Field Guide from the North Central Soybean Research Program. Soybean Aphid Resources from the Soybean Research and Information Network. Soybean Aphid Informational YouTube Video (26 minutes) from Iowa State University. Biology of the Soybean Aphid, Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the United States by Tilmon et al. 2011. Management Recommendations for Soybean Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the United States by Hodgson et al. 2012. North Central Soybean Research Program web site. Evaluation of Soybean Aphid Management Tacitcs from Iowa State University. Soybean Entomology Research Laboratory at Iowa State University. How to cite this podcast: Zaworski, E. (Host) and Dean, A. (Interviewee). Army of Fatherless Clones: Soybean Aphid Decision Making - Part 2. S1:E2 (Podcast). July 28, 2021. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://www.ipm.iastate.edu/podcasts/i-see-dead-plants/discovering-right-decision-soybean-aphid-ipm-part-2-ashley-dean

On this episode of the I See Dead Plants Podcast, host Ed Zaworski speaks with Ashley Dean, an Education Extension Specialist at Iowa State University to break down the importance of integrated pest management or IPM, for determining the next steps when dealing with an insect infestation. Ashley shares insights from her article, published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry, called “Developing a decision‐making framework for insect pest management: a case study using Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae)”. Additional Resources: Soybean Aphid Field Guide from the North Central Soybean Research Program. Soybean Aphid Resources from the Soybean Research and Information Network. Soybean Aphid Informational YouTube Video (26 minutes) from Iowa State University. Biology of the Soybean Aphid, Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the United States by Tilmon et al. 2011. Management Recommendations for Soybean Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the United States by Hodgson et al. 2012. North Central Soybean Research Program web site. Evaluation of Soybean Aphid Management Tacitcs from Iowa State University. Soybean Entomology Research Laboratory at Iowa State University.   How to cite this podcast: Zaworski, E. (Host) and Dean, A. (Interviewee). Army of Fatherless Clones: Soybean Aphid Decision Making - Part 1. S1:E1 (Podcast). July 28, 2021. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://www.ipm.iastate.edu/podcasts/i-see-dead-plants/“discovering-right-decision-soybean-aphid-ipm-part-1”-ashley-dean