Diagnostic tests have confirmed root rotting diseases are causing the death of soybean plants across Illinois.
Agronomist Stephanie Porter with the Illinois Soybean Association tells Brownfield a color change in soybeans a couple weeks ago prompted farmers and agronomists to submit diagnostic samples.
“One of the main root rots that we’ve been finding is phytophthora root rot, which is nothing new, but we’re just seeing a lot of it and it being much more destructive this year.
