Growers, agronomists, extension educators, and crop consultants are encouraged to share field observations of corn diseases by submitting reports to either or the C. Wayne ...
Tire tracks run through a field of corn in Iowa. A fungus that attacks corn has spread to over 40 Iowa counties. Southern rust creates reddish-orange patches on the tops of corn leaves. This blocks ...
Responsible for over 64 million bushels of yield loss annually, northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is the third most destructive disease in corn behind tar spot and southern rust, according to Crop ...
If one picture is worth a thousand words, then the video Iowa farmer Dan Striegel shot last week must be worth thousands more. In the video, Striegel is shown harvesting a field of emerald-green corn ...
A fungus that can colonize, or grow within, corn plants doesn't just leave the plant unharmed—it also can help the plant stave off harmful bugs and other fungi, according to a new study by Penn State ...
The first reports of tar spot in Kansas were confirmed June 18 in Brown and Republic counties, according to Kansas State ...
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign plant pathologist Tiffany Jamann (pictured) and her team identified genomic regions associated with four major diseases of maize, paving the way for future ...