Have you experienced milder temperatures this summer? High humidity? Frequent rainfall? These factors may add up to prime conditions for Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) to make an appearance, ...

As corn planting looms, the dread of disease pressures may be occupying producers’ thoughts. Some of the pesky problems in these parts are relatively new to the headache list, including Tar Spot, ...

Kansas State University plant pathologists and entomologists are reporting the first known case of corn stunt disease in Kansas, coming on the heels of reports in neighboring Oklahoma and Missouri.

An aerial view of Indiana’s corn crop this year shows lush green fields just before harvest, a welcome sight after signs and concerns about drought this summer. “Luckily, because of the dry conditions ...

AMES, Iowa – A plant pathologist at Iowa State University is studying an emergent corn disease capable of reducing the yields of affected crops to near zero. Virtually unseen in the United States for ...

Tar spot can be identified by the raised black splotches that can't be scraped off the leaf's surface. Tar spot, a fungal disease, first appeared in the U.S. in 2015 with reports in Indiana and ...

In 2024, Oklahoma confirmed its first reports of corn leafhoppers (Dalbulus maidis) and corn stunt disease. The corn leafhopper and the disease symptoms were reported throughout the country last year.

ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. — “Tar spot,” an invasive fungal disease of corn, is expected to expand across Pennsylvania in the coming corn season, after being found for the first time in several counties in ...

Tar spot is moving across the Midwest and Great Plains according to a report from researchers at Kansas State University. The disease, which was present in Mexico, first appeared in Indiana and ...