When corn ear rot takes hold, it can have a devastating impact on your yields. And ear rots aren’t just harmful to your bottom line; they can also pose serious risks to animal and human health.

There are many kinds of corn ear rots that cause significant damage to corn. Altogether, 79 million bushels of corn were impacted by corn ear rot in 2024. 1 Not only will they reduce yields and ...

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 ...

A website developed by plant pathologists from Purdue University and a nationwide partnership of research institutions could help farmers better understand and respond to the threat of mycotoxins and ...

I wanted to provide an update on corn ear molds this week. Tamla Blunt, Colorado State University Clinic diagnostician, is getting corn ear samples having surface molds showing between the kernels.

Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola ... resulting in the plant remobilizing an excessive quantity of carbohydrates to the ear during grain ...

In addition to early ear declination, farmers should scout their fields for root and stalk rots, Nielsen said. "Corn under photosynthetic stress during grain fill tends to cannibalize and remobilize a ...

Fusarium and Gibberella ear rot are common in corn, especially if the field experienced hail or insect damage. This can be identified by white or pinkish tufts of mold scattered on the ear ...

Unfortunately, the movement of N and other nutrients from the lower stalk into the ear of corn also sets up the plant for stalk rots. Nielsen warned that this fall could be very challenging in ...

The cool, wet conditions not only are delaying Nebraska's corn harvest, ear rots and grain molds could add their plaguing presence to some fields. Tamra Jackson is a University of Nebraska-Lincoln ...

Cool, wet weather hasn't just delayed harvest, but has also raised concern about corn ear rot diseases and grain molds, according to a University of Nebraska plant pathologist.

Stalk rots occur to a greater or lesser degree every year in Indiana. Losses from stalk rots may occur directly when plants are prematurely killed and ears are lightweight and poorly finished or ...