Tar spot thrives in the moist conditions that prevailed in the spring and early summer across southern and Southwestern Ontario. It requires seven hours of wetness on a corn leaf to take hold. The ...
Ahead of harvesting season, however, specific fungi can produce mycotoxins that can negatively impact this vital supply chain. The fungi are usually present in the Northern Corn Belt region and cause ...
But soon, that towering corn might become a miniature of its former self, replaced by stalks only half as tall ... the soil could be more vulnerable to diseases or mold. Short plants also could ...