These spores are wind-dispersed to newly planted corn where they infect plant foliage and produce lesions. Under favorable environmental conditions spores are produced on foliar lesions and spread to ...
Prior to, and for some time after emergence, the corn plant is affected very little by hail damage. At emergence, the plant's growing point is below the soil surface and remains there for about 3 ...
Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is a disease of corn caused by the fungus ... Within lesions spores are produced that can be rain or wind dispersed up the plant and to adjoining areas. As the growing ...