One of the keys to achieving maximum economic returns is minimizing disease pressure, and the cornerstone of effective disease management is accurate diagnosis. This is not easy given the broad spectrum of diseases found in the field—and also given that symptoms can look very similar.

A Farmer’s Guide to Corn Diseases provides the images, tools, and non-technical guidance to help ag professionals accurately diagnose corn diseases and disorders found in the fields of the United States, Canada, and other countries where corn is grown.

This no-nonsense, highly accessible book features diagnostic keys and other extensive cross-referencing tools to help users quickly find diseases and minimize identification errors. It features…

• An easy-to-follow introduction to corn diseases and disorders

• A non-technical overview on diagnosing corn diseases in a field setting

• Disease listings organized by part of the corn plant affected

• Disease distribution maps to help narrow the search for suspect diseases

• Basic instructions for using diagnostic and scouting tools, like hand lenses

• A glossary defining the various diseases and diagnostic terms used in the book

A Farmer’s Guide to Corn Diseases also provides general management recommendations, giving growers and crop specialists an excellent primer for discussions with extension or crop specialists in their specific state or province about localized treatments.

This book is a truly collaborative effort. Thirty-three experts from more than 20 universities, agencies, and companies packed their vast collective corn disease knowledge into this highly accessible book written with the grower in mind.

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• Field representatives and other experts at your organization

• VIP clients/customers in the corn industry

• Colleagues in state and county extension

• Fellow researchers and diagnosticians at your institution

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Preface

Contributors

Contents

PART ONE: Introduction

CHAPTER 1: How to Use This Book

CHAPTER 2: Understanding Corn Diseases and Disorders

Impact of Diseases on Corn
Infectious Diseases
What Is Plant Disease?
   The Plant Disease Triangle
   Major Groups of Plant Pathogens
   The Disease Cycle
   Breaking the Disease Cycle
Noninfectious Disorders
The Corn Plant
   Stages of Development
   Effects of Stress at Key Developmental Stages
   Scouting for Diseases of Corn

PART TWO: Corn Diseases and Disorders

CHAPTER 3: Diagnostic Key

Field Conditions
Weather Conditions
Disease Timeline and Field Distribution
Symptoms and Signs
   General Plant Symptoms and Signs
   Symptoms and Signs on Specific Plant Tissues

CHAPTER 4: Foliar and Aboveground Diseases

      Anthracnose Leaf Blight
      Banded Leaf and Sheath Blight
      Common Rust
      Common Smut
      Corn Stunt
      Crazy Top
      Diplodia Leaf Streak
      Eyespot
      Goss’s Wilt
      Gray Leaf Spot
      Head Smut
      Holcus Leaf Spot
      Maize Bushy Stunt
      Maize Chlorotic Dwarf
      Maize Chlorotic Mottle
      Maize Dwarf Mosaic
      Northern Corn Leaf Blight
      Northern Corn Leaf Spot
      Physoderma Brown Spot and Stalk Rot
      Sorghum Downy Mildew
      Southern Corn Leaf Blight
      Southern Rust
      Stewart’s Disease
      Other Viruses

CHAPTER 5: Crown and Root Diseases

      Fusarium Crown and Root Rot
      Pythium Seedling Blight and Root Rot
      Red Root Rot
      Rhizoctonia Crown and Brace Root Rot
      Root-Lesion Nematode
      Sting and Needle Nematodes
      Other Nematodes

CHAPTER 6: Stalk Rots

      Anthracnose Stalk Rot
      Bacterial Stalk and Top Rot
      Charcoal Rot
      Diplodia Stalk Rot
      Fusarium Stalk Rot
      Gibberella Crown Rot and Stalk Rot
      Pythium Stalk Rot

CHAPTER 7: Ear Rots

      Mycotoxins
      Aspergillus Ear Rot and Aflatoxin
      Cladosporium Ear Rot
      Diplodia Ear Rot
      Fusarium Ear Rot and Fumonisin
      Gibberella Ear Rot and Mycotoxins
      Nigrospora Ear Rot
      Penicillium Ear Rot
      Trichoderma Ear Rot

CHAPTER 8: Noninfectious Disorders

      Nutrient and Fertilizer Disorders
      Chemical Injury
      Environmental Conditions and Genetic Disorders
      Insect Injury

CHAPTER 9: Diseases of Worldwide Importance That Do Not Occur in the United States and Canada

      Fijiviruses
      Maize Streak
      Late Wilt
      Asian Downy Mildews

CHAPTER 10: A Closer Look

Using a Hand Lens
Microscopic Images
Creating a Moist Chamber

Glossary

Image Credits

Index

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