Watch for White Mold

Wet, Cool Weather Favors Damaging Fungus in Beans

Emily Unglesbee
By  Emily Unglesbee , DTN Staff Reporter
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Don't mistake the common and harmless bird's nest fungi mushrooms on the left for the white mold mushrooms on the right when scouting your fields. (Photo courtesy Martin Chilvers, Michigan State University)
Don't mistake the common and harmless bird's nest fungi mushrooms on the left for the white mold mushrooms on the right when scouting your fields. (Photo courtesy Martin Chilvers, Michigan State University)
As soybeans start to bloom across the Midwest, plant scientists are warning growers who have experienced cool, wet weather to keep an eye out for white mold in their bean fields, particularly if they have a history of the fungus.

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