Unfortunately, many of us are not thrilled to find the sweet corn we were anticipating replaced by bulging galls infected ...

Gray leaf spot, caused by the fungus Cercospora zeae maydis is the most significant yield-limiting disease of corn worldwide [1]. The disease was first reported in Illinois in 1924, and has increased ...

In 1970, a disease that became known as Southern corn leaf blight (SCLB) caused by the fungus Bipolaris maydis that had been viewed previously as only a minor pathogen affecting corn grown in ...

Early maturing hybrids are generally more susceptible than full season hybrids. The causal fungus Stenocarpella maydis (Diplodia maydis), overwinters in infected plant residues (stalks, ears, husks, ...