Sweet corn diseases
Project Name |
Management of northern corn leaf blight (turcica) control in processing sweetcorn, 2002-cont. |
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Coordinator |
Andrew Watson, Plant Pathologist Yanco. |
Project Team |
Tony Napier, Meryl Snudden. |
Description |
This project aims to update management options for corn leaf blight of sweetcorn caused by Exserhilum turcicum. Boil smut and rust management will also be addressed. |
Activities & Outcomes |
Grower surveys of disease status. Current control/management options documented. Fungicide control trials undertaken. Agfacts on leaf blight, rust and boil smut produced. |