Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly every corn field in Delaware, and severity and incidence varies from year to year. Stalk rots can cause breakage and lodging of stalks and plant death. In many ...
The pith tissues disintegrate and turn tan or brown ... consider Diplodia stalk rot as either an air-borne or a soil borne disease. It is more severe where corn follows corn. Management of Diplodia ...
open-pollinated corn varieties from way back in the early 1900s” The one heritage hybrid creates the desirable cob’s perfect pith for making corn cob pipes. “The next part of the cob is ...
Anthracnose can be found in corn produced in Delaware and can pose problems to local growers ... If the stalk of the top is split, the pith will often appear discolored and rotted in the upper ...