When a corn plant produces flowers, it starts by putting out a tall green stalk with a central cone of buds that looks ever so slightly like a young ear of sweet corn. These stalks may grow up to ...

Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly every corn field in Delaware, and severity and incidence varies from year to year. Stalk rots can cause breakage and lodging of stalks and plant death. In many ...

When the stalk is split, the pith will appear discolored and rotted as in the top dieback phase. Lodging can occur in plants infected with stalk rot. C. graminicola overwinters in corn residue on the ...