Corn Diseases: Symptoms, Scouting, and Management Anthracnose Leaf Blight Anthracnose Stalk Rot Bacterial Stalk Rot Charcoal Rot of Corn Common Rust Common Smut Crazy Top …

Jul 17, 2025 · Corn, in its tasty, sugary goodness, brings us the taste of summer after awaiting peak readiness. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines corn diseases to keep an eye out …

Jan 14, 2020 · Corn has to survive a number of disease threats throughout the season, such as gray leaf spot, northern corn leaf blight, tar spot and common and southern rust. Managing …

The single most serious disease threat to Arkansas corn production is aflatoxin - a chemical contaminant of grain produced by certain Aspergillus fungi. Aspergillus flavus and A. …

Learn how to identify corn diseases like common rust, southern rust, gray leaf spot (GLS), northern corn leaf blight (NCLB), goss's bacterial wilt, and tar spot, as well as understand the …

Farmers treat corn plant diseases through a combination of prevention, monitoring and active management. They often rotate crops — alternating between planting corn one year and …

Anthracnose is a fungal disease that infects corn, grain sorghum and small grains. Anthracnose has both a leaf and a stalk phase in corn. The infection can spread from leaves to stalk, or the …

The increase in acreage, especially the production of continuous corn in lieu of crop rotation, as well as changes in some other cropping practices are at least partially to blame for the …

Jul 2, 2025 · The prevalence of these diseases varies annually, as many factors influence which may have the biggest impact on yield. Staying informed, scouting fields regularly, and …

Here’s everything you need to know to differentiate between common corn diseases like anthracnose, rusts, ear rots, blights, and tar spot.