“In 2021, the problem was the disease started about July 3 or July 4,” she says. Telenko digs into multiple corn diseases, and while the first sign of tar spot was reported around August 15 in ...

Gray leaf spot, caused by the fungus Cercospora zeae maydis is the most significant yield-limiting disease of corn worldwide [1]. The disease was first reported in Illinois in 1924, and has increased ...

Stalk rots occur to a greater or lesser degree every year in Indiana. Losses from stalk rots may occur directly when plants are prematurely killed and ears are lightweight and poorly finished or ...

As corn planting looms, the dread of disease pressures may be occupying producers’ thoughts. Some of the pesky problems in these parts are relatively new to the headache list, including Tar Spot ...

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and corn stunt disease. The corn leafhopper and the disease symptoms were reported throughout the country last year. Corn stunt disease can result in deformed ears, reduced grain quality and ...

The discovery of a powerful "weapon" used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples, such as rice and corn, could offer new strategies to bolster global food ...

THE Department of Science and Technology (DoST) said fungal and worm diseases were largely behind losses in the onion crop of Nueva Ecija and other growing areas. The DoST said the onion anthracnose ...