We are collecting corn tar spot samples and we need your help! Tar spot of corn is a new corn disease first identified in the United States in 2015 in Illinois and Indiana. It has since been confirmed in Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Florida.
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Physoderma brown spot is caused by Physoderma maydis, the only class of fungi that produce zoospores, spores that have a tail (flagellum), and swim free in water.
Corn diseases have been on my radar these past few weeks as I am just getting my boots on the ground in Indiana. Many aerial fungicide applications are going out around the region, corresponding to crop maturity and the uptick of grey leaf spot.