The Agronomists: Tar spot control with Stephanie Divitaris & Albert Tenuta

Pest alerts
July 25, 2025

Source: RealAgriculture.com

On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Stephanie Divitaris of Syngenta and Albert Tenuta of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness to talk tar spot's identification in Ontario, its life cycle, conditions that make it worse and what to consider for control (hello, hybrid selection!)

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