University of Illinois scientists screened 25 corn lines with exotic germplasm and found multiple accessions showing natural resistance to the new-to-North-America fungal disease, tar spot.

“These are my personal observations, and I reserve the right to change them as we learn more about tar spot,” he adds. Keep in mind those fields of corn affected in 2021 will be back in corn ...

Tar spot robbed several key corn-producing states of upwards of 60 bushels per acre in severely infected fields in 2022, according to Purdue University Extension. The Midwest could be on a similar ...