date:Aug 22, 2012
yield and leave much of it on the ground. Corn plants are top-heavy, and stalk rots increase the chances that plants will fall over, or lodge, due to gravity or wind and weather events, she says.
If you know you have stalk rot in your fields right now, you're out of luck for this year. There's no way to get rid of it at this point in the year. But, reaching that diagnosis can only come in scouting your fields now. Peltier recommends checking stalks for discoloration around the outer margin of lo