Due to its relatively recent U.S. discovery and its ability to cause significant production and economic losses, tar spot is often a topic of angst and anxiety amongst corn farmers and agronomists in Indiana.
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Tar spot of corn is a new concern this season after the localized epidemics we experienced last year in Indiana.
Local epidemics of corn tar spot have growers worried in Indiana about how their corn will finish out the season.
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.
