Unlike most leaf diseases, tar spot starts impacting the crop at the bottom of plants. That means fungicides you apply must ...

Last March at the Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference in Ada, Morgan Goodnight, a Ph.D. candidate advised by Dr.

Ohio State Extension educator Jason Hartschuh gives a rundown of considerations for applying fungicides to corn silage corn.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — When it comes to tar spot, University of Missouri Extension plant pathologist Mandy Bish provides some perspective for the state’s corn producers.

Officials are monitoring the spread of a disease that is hurting corn production in Kansas. The Kansas State Research and ...

Fungicides may not always result in an increase in ROI, but they always equate to added staygreen and increased standability.

Tar spot continues to be a hot topic for Wisconsin farmers. On average we saw a reduced disease pressure in 2023. But 2024 is a new year, which in turn brings back the question, “What sort of ...

Mohler said tar spot was first detected in the U.S. in 2015. “By 2023 it was the most damaging pathogen to corn in the country,” he said. “Tar spot’s rate of spread, the amount of damage it causes and ...

Insignum AgTech is collaborating with Purdue University researchers to identify early stages of tar spot disease outbreaks in corn plants by using already present DNA to turn the color of the ...

Since tar spot was first found in the United States in 2015, it has continued its expansion into the upper Midwest. This year, it has been found in corn fields in 44 counties across South Dakota.

Tar spot is a fungal disease that affects corn. Travis Faske, a University of Arkansas Plant Pathology Professor, says the pathogen is relatively new to the United States.

ARVA – Tar spot can be a big black hole for potential corn yields, in the neighbourhood of 60 bushels per acre. In 2023 tar spot cost Ontario farmers 3.9 million bushels of corn. The airborne ...