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Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a healthy plant’s appearance. Healthy soybean plant

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Page 1: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Module 2Healthy Plant Appearance

When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear.

Consider the many parameters that can affect a healthy plant’s appearance.

Healthy soybean plant

Page 2: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Healthy Plant Appearance

Know what a normal plant should look like for the crop you are surveying at each growth stage:

Seedling

Leaf

Reproductive

Page 3: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Healthy Plant AppearanceKnow what a normal plant should look like for the crop you are surveying at each growth stage:

Seedling

Leaf

Reproductive

Healthy wheat leaf stage

Page 4: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Healthy Plant AppearanceKnow what a normal plant should look like for the crop you are surveying at each growth stage:

Seedling

Leaf

ReproductiveHealthy wheat reproductive stage

Page 5: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Healthy Plant Appearance

Plant appearance can be modified by:

VarietyEnvironmentFertilityInsectsDiseasesCropping

practices

Page 6: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Healthy Plant Appearance

Varieties of crops may have different canopy structure, growth habits or floral structures. Variety can modify plant morphology.

Two varieties of barley

Page 7: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Healthy Plant Appearance

Plant appearance can be modified by:

VarietyEnvironmentFertility InsectsDiseasesCropping

practices

Larry Heatherly examines soybean plants

Page 8: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Healthy Plant Appearance

Plant appearance can be modified by:

VarietyEnvironmentFertilityInsectsDiseasesCropping

practices

Sugar beet breeding lines USDA photo by Scott Bauer

Page 9: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Module 2Healthy Plant Appearance

Plant appearance can be modified by:

VarietyEnvironmentFertility InsectsDiseasesCropping

practices Squash bug

Page 10: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Healthy Plant Appearance

Plant appearance can be modified by:

VarietyEnvironmentFertility InsectsDiseasesCropping

practices

Page 11: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Healthy Plant Appearance

Plant appearance can be modified by:

VarietyEnvironmentFertilityInsectsDiseasesCropping

practicesLeonard Panella Photo by Scott Bauer

Page 12: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Healthy Plant Appearance

Plant color can be modified by:

CropVariety

Potato flower

Page 13: Module 2 Healthy Plant Appearance When doing a field diagnosis, know how a healthy plant should appear. Consider the many parameters that can affect a

Healthy Plant Appearance

Plant color can be modified by:

CropVariety

Potato flower of another variety