Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is a disease of corn caused by the fungus, Exserohilum turcicum. Severe outbreaks of the disease can cause up to 30-50% yield loss in dent corn if the disease is ...

Gray leaf spot, caused by the fungus Cercospora zeae maydis is the most significant yield-limiting disease of corn worldwide [1]. The disease was first reported in Illinois in 1924, and has increased ...

A disease known as Southern corn leaf blight (SCLB) ravaged an estimated 25% of the nation’s corn crop that season. The epidemic is still considered by many to be the most economically ...

The studies, published recently in Nature Communications and Genetics, identify genes and genomic markers that predict leaf angle and tassel branch number in corn. The research, led by scientists ...