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Does Your Pest Program Pass Inspection? Your Pest Preparation Blueprint

Better crop protection starts with a thorough inspection to identify threats and inform solutions.
Does Your Pest Program Pass Inspection? Your Pest Preparation Blueprint
May 2025 | BY BY SYNGENTA THRIVE 2 Min Read
Homes must be built on a strong foundation and kept clean and pest-free to ensure its occupants can thrive — and so should your crops! It’s time to inspect your crop protection program and fill in the gaps before problems arise.
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  • Kochia
    • Drought tolerant, so it is competitive in tough environments
  • Wild oat
    • Seeds can mix with wheat grains at harvest, resulting in price penalties
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  • Phytophthora
  • Pythium
    • Can infect soybeans within 90 minutes of planting
  • Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS)
    • Can result in flower and/or pod abortion, reducing yield potential
  • Frogeye leaf spot
    • Can cause up to 35% yield loss
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  • Stripe rust
    • Produces spores which embed in plant leaves, inhibiting photosynthesis
  • Fusarium head blight
    • One of the most economically devastating wheat diseases
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  • Wireworms
    • If wireworms are not addressed, up to 100% yield loss has been observed in the Pacific Northwest, and inconsistent stands can have consequences, such as replanting or weeds filling in bare spots
CROP PROTECTION PLANNING PUNCH LIST Think like an inspector — based on your field’s history, what problems can you expect?
Weeds
  • What are my most problematic weeds?
  • Did I have any weed escapes or practices that could have spread seed?
  • Does my herbicide program provide overlapping residual through crop canopy closure?
Diseases
  • What diseases were most prevalent last year?
  • Am I being proactive in disease management?
  • Besides disease mitigation, how else can fungicides benefit my crops?
Insects
  • Which insect species were present in my field or neighboring soybean fields last year?
  • Have I considered in the impact that low levels of multiple insect species may have on yields?
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Now that you have your list, it’s time to identify what you can do to prevent them from compounding into bigger issues. Click here for Crop Protection Solutions.

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