Tillage to reduce tar spot in corn. Reduced or no-till fields are often at greater risk for disease development, including tar spot infection. Tillage can help quicken the decomposition of crop ...

Tar spot was first identified in PA at the end of 2020 and has been identified in 2 counties in MD and 1 suspected county in VA in 2022 (Fig 1). Identification Symptoms include small, black specks ...

The pathogen, also known as tar spot, is a plant disease resulting in the appearance of spots on leaves, stalks and husks that resemble spots of tar, according to an article by Purdue University. Lead ...

Tarspotter App Could Help Shield Corn from a Tar Spot Invasion “This is the earliest we’ve reported tar spot in Iowa,” says Robertson, Iowa State professor of plant pathology.

ARVA – Tar spot can be a big black hole for potential corn yields, in the neighbourhood of 60 bushels per acre. In 2023 tar spot cost Ontario farmers 3.9 million bushels of corn. The airborne ...

Agricultural Research Service scientists are leaving no stone—or rather, leaf—unturned in their search for new ways to counter the fungus that causes tar spot, a yield-robbing disease of field ...

Tar spot is a fungal disease that affects corn. Travis Faske, a University of Arkansas Plant Pathology Professor, says the pathogen is relatively new to the United States.

It’s estimated that tar spot, a fungal disease affecting corn, caused farmers to lose around $3 billion in the United States from 2018 to 2021.

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