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 ...

Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is a disease of corn caused by the fungus, Exserohilum turcicum. Severe outbreaks of the disease can cause up to 30-50% yield loss in dent corn if the disease is ...

For farmers and those involved in hybrid seed production, such a time came when blight blew across the Corn Belt in the summer of 1970. A disease known as Southern corn leaf blight (SCLB ...

Goss’s wilt and leaf blight is caused by clavibacter nebraskensis, a bacterium named after Nebraska, where the disease was first identified in 1969.The disease is hard to catch because it looks ...

Those diseases attack corn plants by limiting photosynthesis ... Corn Stunt disease is transmitted by the corn leaf-hopper. “This is a new bug, a different critter,” said Jay Wisbey ...

“We’ve got Goss’ wilt, rootworm, Northern corn leaf blight, huge weather challenges like this year, that we need help with and hopefully some of the new trait research and development will ...

The increasing prevalence of grey leaf spot (GLS), caused by the fungus Cercospora zeae-maydis, and northern corn leaf blight (NCLB), caused by the fungus Exserohilum turcicum, in South Africa’s ...