The beginning of the soybean harvest in MT had a low occurrence of diseases

The implementation of soybean crops in Mato Grosso reached 100% of the areas planned for this harvest. With sowing in record time in most of the State, the most worrying adversity of the cycle has been climate instability.

Water restriction and low humidity were the reasons for the low occurrence of diseases in the crop so far. However, with the stabilization of rainfall, the tendency is for the typical target spot symptoms, cercaspora and other diseases evolve from now on until the end of the cycle.

This is an alert from the Mato Grosso Agricultural Research Support Foundation (MT Foundation), which will hold on the 15th of this month, at 20pm Brasília, the free live stream “Scenario of diseases and anomalies in the regions of Mato Grosso”.

The researchers in the area of ​​Phytopathology and Biologicals, João Paulo Ascari, Karla Kudlawiec and Mônica Müller, who are present in the day-to-day activities of the field in different regions of the State, will provide information to help producers complete the cycle more calmly.

Among the topics that will be covered by the experts are the challenges faced with drought, the influence of climate on the next stages of the crop, which diseases have already started to occur in the regions, how to identify them without mistakes and assertive management for control. with the right times to apply fungicides.

“Now that the rains have regularized and the soybeans have closed the line, the environment becomes favorable for the onset of diseases, as the inoculum is present. Therefore, it is important that the guidelines reach the producer”, highlights researcher Mônica.