Corn ear rots are one of the last diseases to scout for in the corn growing season, and sometimes they are ignored or forgotten entirely. Ear rots can cause yield loss in the form of grain quality at ...

Now is the time to evaluate fields for any stalk or ear rot symptoms, according to Darcy Telenko, Purdue field crops pathologist, and Dan Quinn, Purdue corn specialist. The Purdue experts authored a ...

Moldy grain and vomitoxin levels vary considerably within the grain lot. This is largely because the number of ears infected with Gibberella zeae, the fungus that causes Gibberella ear rot and ...

Iowa State University plant pathologist Alison Robertson says ear and stalk rots will likely become prevalent in Iowa as the growing season draws to a close. In the past week, she said there have been ...

Warm temperatures over the past couple weeks has allowed farmers to get in the field and harvest corn. Some farmers are done with the 2016 harvest or nearly finishing up and starting field work.

Not only are fields impacted with stalk rots this year, but several farmers in the surrounding area and across the state have noticed an abundance of ear rots this fall. Fields most at risk for ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Indiana corn and soybean farmers were no strangers to white mold and ear rots during the 2009 growing season, but there are measures growers can take to reduce the chances of a ...

The 2009 corn crop has monumental yield potential, but delayed planting, a cool summer and what seems to be a nonending, wet-dry cycle has plagued some standing field corn with high kernel moisture ...

Some area corn producers are reporting concerns about ear rot. It is something to watch for in standing or picked corn, especially if it will be stored over the winter. Fusarium and Gibberella ear rot ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Mycotoxin levels surveyed just before harvest are the highest Indiana has seen in 10 years, said Charles Woloshuk, Purdue University plant pathologist. Mycotoxins are toxic ...

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 ...