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 ...

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 ...

In a year where many have suffered from either too much rain or too little, stalk rots have run rampant and made corn stalks weak. A bad rain or windstorm can leave you vulnerable to major yield ...

Due to a challenging spring planting season, corn has varying moisture levels between fields and even within fields. This may ...

Corn generally reaches black layer 55 days to ... gray leaf spot, brown spot and other stalk rots are present in soils. Keep an accurate history of your field and any areas with problems to ...

Ethanol isnt as climate-friendly as biofuels made from things like grasses, wood and algae. Corn stover the stalks, leaves ...

Officials say a firefighter was injured while battling a farm equipment fire when a corn stalk bale fell on him over the ...

but is differentiated from corn borer injury by the fact that there are no insect entrance holes in the stalk. The stalk rot phase of anthracnose generally first appears as narrow, vertical to oval, ...