Strong corn stalks are a bit like the proverbial double-edge sword. On one hand, they perform a critical job that supports farmers’ high-yield efforts. On the other, stalks often shred equipment tires ...

Several different fungi cause stalk rot in corn across the U.S. Corn Belt, and gibberella stalk rot is among the most common forms. Stalk rot depresses yields some 5% each year, and it’s not unheard ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — People come from all over the country come to see the Corn Palace… now people from all over Sioux Falls are hopping on 57th Street in hopes of finding a single stalk of corn ...

Cameron Sorgenfrey walks among short corn stalks in one of his fields, Sept. 16, in Wyoming, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Buy Photo WYOMING, Iowa (AP) — Taking a late-summer country drive in ...

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 ...

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Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola, is a disease of worldwide importance. Yield losses can approach 40% and up to 80% lodging has been ...

PEMBERVILLE, Ohio — People from Pemberville are particular about the Christmas stalk heralding the season on the lonely edge of a corn field on Kohring Rd. And they really want you to know, it’s not a ...

For most of the summer, Julie Gerano didn’t think much of the cornstalk growing in the flower bed of her backyard garden in Kiski Township. Now, however, Gerano, 51, is looking at a potential world ...