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

Farmers and aerial applicators tell Randy Dowdy and David Hula some of the key considerations are application timing, droplet ...

Tar spot has been detected again in the state, with the first confirmed report of 2025 occurring June 11 in northeast Kansas.

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

August 12, 2022 map of tar spot and image of a tar spot infected leaf. There are currently 6 counties with a positive confirmation of tar spot (Figure 1). One county (Jennings) with southern rust ...

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

Tar spot’s impact hinges on the timing of rain – that was one of AgriGold Agronomist Kevin Gale’s main takeaways this season.

It’s estimated that tar spot, a fungal disease affecting corn, caused farmers to lose around $3 billion in the United States from 2018 to 2021. Skip to content. FOX8 WGHP.

It’s estimated that tar spot, a fungal disease affecting corn, caused farmers to lose around $3 billion in the United States from 2018 to 2021. Skip to content. WJHL | Tri-Cities News & Weather.

The pathogen, also known as tar spot, is a plant disease resulting in the appearance of spots on leaves, stalks and husks that resemble spots of tar, according to an article by Purdue University. Lead ...

R. acerinum causes larger spots that are 0.5 to 2 cm in diameter; R.punctatum causes many small punctate spots that are smaller (about 1mm in diameter). Spots caused by R. punctatum are sometimes ...

ST. LOUIS — Four confirmed cases of tar spots have been spotted on corn this year in Missouri. Phyllachora maydis, a fungus, is the cause. The fungal disease appears on crops as tiny, black, and ...