These diseases are insidious, and often growers are unaware of their effects until harvest. Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly every corn field in Delaware, and severity and incidence varies from ...

Lodging can occur in plants infected with stalk rot. C. graminicola overwinters in corn residue on the surface of the field. In the spring, under warm, rainy conditions the fungus produces spores on ...

This past week, I have had considerable conversations about how much fertilizer is going off the field when corn stalk bales are removed. The farms I’m talking about are those without livestock.