In 2024, over 165 million bushels of corn were impacted by stalk rot diseases. Learn how to identify different corn stalk rots to dial in your management plan.

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 ...

Stalk Rots on Corn. 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 ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — An invisible enemy is attacking South Dakota corn. The crop may look fine above ground, but as many as eight species of a common soil fungus may be infecting the roots—and ...

Keeping the KISS principle in mind, let's discuss evaluating your field for potential stalk rot and assessing which fields may have to be harvested first. One way is to assess the potential for ...