Corn Diseases in Ohio

Crazy top

• Symptoms
  • excessive tillering
  • rolling of leaves
  • tassels may develop ears
  • proliferation husks.
• Environment
  • develops where soils have been saturated for 24 to 48 hours soon after planting.
• Survival
  • fungus survives in soil, new infections from soilborne spores.
• Management
  • avoid planting in low wet areas
  • improve soil drainage.
• Scouting