A fungal disease that has caused yield losses in corn has recently been found in Arkansas on decorative corn stalks, said ...

LITTLE ROCK -- A fungal disease that has caused yield losses in corn has recently been found in Arkansas -- on decorative ...

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Called the Mexican truffle and known as corn smut in the United States, this fungus infects corn during periods of heavy rainfall, turning it dark and ballooning the kernels into bulbous bites.

“This fungus actually likes those types of cool temperatures, and so it’s persisted there and has spread,” he said. However, infected corn from the Midwest slowly made its way to the ...

Faske said there is no evidence of tar spots in corn fields in Arkansas so far, but its spores spread with winds or machinery. If it infects fields, it could impact corn production for farmers.

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The same defenses that help some varieties of sweet corn resist fungal diseases can also stymie the potency of a beneficial fungus used to kill hungry caterpillar pests, studies by Agricultural ...