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.
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.
Fancy colored yield maps are fine for verifying grain yields at the end of the harvest season, but bragging rights for the highest corn yields are established earlier than that down at the Main Street Cafe, on the corner of 5th and Earl.
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.
Average Temperature Departure from Mean August 1-7, 2018
Total Precipitation August 2-8, 2018
Maximizing profit and returns on resources invested can be dependent on the last irrigation application.
Even with some recent rainfalls across the state, many areas across Indiana are still experiencing a drier than normal planting season (Figure 1).
Several caterpillars in the ear can be very similar in appearance and habits, so identification to species of some of the worms in ears can be tricky. Note that, in general, you cannot use overall body color or damage for identification.
Average Temperature Departure from Mean July 25-July 31, 2018
Total Precipitation July 26-Aug. 1, 2018
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