Corn has been drying down fast this year. While some of that is nature, another factor may be late season disease issues. Our area has had quite a bit of rain in September. Standing water and ...

Stalk rots are one of the most significant set of diseases on corn. These diseases are insidious, and often growers are unaware of their effects until harvest. Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly ...

Several different fungi cause stalk rot in corn across the U.S. Corn Belt, and gibberella stalk rot is among the most common forms. Stalk rot depresses yields some 5% each year, and it’s not unheard ...

Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola, is a disease of worldwide importance. Yield losses can approach 40% and up to 80% lodging has been ...

A total of 188 inbred lines of corn were evaluated in small plots with respect to condition of their pith cells in the first and fourth internodes above the upper-most brace roots. Inbreds were rated ...

Now is the time to evaluate fields for any stalk or ear rot symptoms, according to Darcy Telenko, Purdue field crops pathologist, and Dan Quinn, Purdue corn specialist. The Purdue experts authored a ...

Seven weeks solarization of irrigated soil raised its temperature by 11.5°C over non-solarized soil at 10 cm depth and effectively controlled weeds (98.5%), stalk borer (8.9%) and stalk rot disease ...

As farmers around the state are pulling their combines into fields for the first time this fall, they are finding out that they may not be done dealing with the adverse effects of a dry summer just ...

Widespread rains across the Midwest this week has brought on fresh concerns about standability in many corn fields. Now may be a good time to evaluate corn for stalk strength, according to Stephanie ...