Some farmers may notice that their corn ears are exhibiting “nosing back” symptoms. This condition, also referred to as “tip-back” or “tipping back”, is not unusual. Tip dieback is ...

Corn yield results not from the number of plants in a field but rather the number of ears — photocopied ears of sufficient length and girth. Gaps in a stand and plants without ears contribute ...

perennially cause leaf and ear damage to corn in the southeastern USA. Development of transgenic hybrids expressing insecticidal endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) offers a new approach to ...

Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly every corn field in Delaware, and severity and incidence varies from year to year ... Initial symptoms of stalk rots are noticed by premature wilting and ear ...