Cool weather promotes seedling pest issues

May 17, 2022
May 17, 2022

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Courtesy Iowa State University Extension

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Editor’s note: The following was written by Erin Hodgson, Iowa State University professor, and Ashley Dean, education Extension specialist, for the Integrated Crop Management blog May 2.

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