As the disease progresses stalks senesce rapidly and turn brown to gray. Figure 1. Symptoms of stalk rots in corn include premature wilt and ear drop. Stalk rot pathogens decay the central pith, which ...

It is more severe where corn follows corn. Management of Diplodia stalk rot is through use of resistant hybrids, balanced soil fertility, appropriate plant population for the hybrid selected, and crop ...

Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola ... resulting in the plant remobilizing an excessive quantity of carbohydrates to the ear during grain ...