Gray leaf spot, caused by the fungus Cercospora zeae maydis is the most significant yield-limiting disease of corn worldwide [1]. The disease was first reported in Illinois in 1924, and has increased ...

Reviewed by Debra LaGattuta The corn plant (Dracaena fragrans) is a tropical African evergreen tree. They grow fairly slowly, ...

Symptoms of stalk rots in corn include premature wilt and ear drop. Stalk rot pathogens decay the ... which limits the amount of carbon that enters the plant leaf and therefore the amount of ...

STORY: Argentinian farmer Dario Sabini's corn plants should be green at this time of year. Instead, they are dry and crinkle between his fingers as his town suffers under a recent drought. "We are ...

farmer Dario Sabini inspects the smaller-than-usual corn cobs before taking the yellowing leaves of the crop that should be green at this time of the season, to crinkle them between his fingers. "We ...