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By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Field Leader, a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and Soybean Check-off
From Red Crown Rot to Brown Stem Rot to Sudden Death Syndrome, Ohio soybean farmers have their work cut out for them as they scout fields and try to identify the diseases that are stressing their crops. Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora, OSU Extension Soybean Pathologist and Nematologist, visits with Dusty Sonnenberg to review the 2025 growing season and Ohio’s first positive identification of Red Crown Rot. Dr. Lopez-Nicora shares the environmental conditions that favor disease, and the plant and leaf symptoms soybean growers should watch for in 2026. They also discuss the research being conducted by OSU Extension on these diseases, thanks to financial support from the Ohio Soybean Council and the Soybean Check-off.
