An aerial view of Indiana’s corn crop this year shows lush green fields just before harvest, a welcome sight after signs and concerns about drought this summer. “Luckily, because of the dry conditions ...

For more than a century, tar spot fungal disease in corn kept its distance from the U.S., biding its time. “Tar spot had not been detected in the U.S. prior to 2015, but it has been endemic in several ...

Southern Corn Rust: Southern corn rust was officially confirmed in Posey County this week. We currently have two positive counties and one probable in Indiana. We need your help – if you are out ...

The collaboration is supported by grants from the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and an Innovation Voucher from the state of Indiana. Jin’s team also will develop algorithms that pick up the color ...

It may be time to brace yourself for a summer heavy with tar spot outbreaks. According to ipmPIPE, an online pest mapping system, nearly 20 counties across four states have reported fields with tar ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (KSNF) — A fungal disease targeting corn crops is moving across the Midwest and Great Plains, according to a report from researchers at Kansas State University. Phyllachora maydis, also ...

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 leaves.

C.D. Cruz, an associate professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue University, leads two research projects involving tar spot in corn funded by the USDA National Institute of ...