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 ...

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 ...

Potato growers face a persistent late-season threat: aerial stem rot (ASR), a bacterial disease primarily caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum. Often emerging after thunderstorms and other weather ...

Ohio State Extension educator Jason Hartschuh gives a rundown of considerations for applying fungicides to corn silage corn.

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.

Chuck’s problem appears to be bacterial soft rot described as slimy, soft and foul-smelling. This problem is usually a two-phase situation, neither of which involve using a fungicide.

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 ...

While stalk rot disease is an age-old condition that has been affecting coffee plants – especially the Robusta variety of coffee– the cases of the disease spreading have increased invariably ...

Bacterial volatile organic compounds induce adverse ultrastructural changes and DNA damage to the sugarcane pathogenic fungus Thielaviopsis ethacetica Article Publication Date 7-Jan-2022 ...

ManKocide® Fungicide/Bactericide Receives 24c SLN Registrations for Use to Prevent Bacterial Blight in Carrots Grown for Seed in ID, OR and WA May 17, 2017 06:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time ...

Once black rot appears in your garden, your options for dealing with it are limited. Since it is caused by a bacterium, fungicides will have no effect on it.

Scientists discovered a compound in Pseudomonas bacteria that can effectively kill certain fungi. German researchers named the fungus killer after the actor Keanu Reeves. The study authors say the ...