Maize

"Seed treatment protects seeds from insects & diseases. One of the foremost advantages of seed treatment is the addition...

Maize seeds infected with fungal pathogens fail to germinate uniformly, and emerging seedlings may exhibit brown, rotted...

Root rot is a common disease in maize that affects the roots of the plant and can cause economic losses. It's caused by ...

Wireworms can eat seeds or cut off seedlings below the soil surface. Seedlings attacked by wireworms can dry up and die...

Seedlings may fail to emerge, or they may collapse and become submerged in white fungal growth. The first leaves and ste...

Seedcorn maggot damages newly planted seeds by feeding on seed contents. Often the shells of the seeds are empty and ger...

Early symptoms begin as small tan lesions with a yellow ring or "halo" when backlit. Lesions expand minimally into round...

Common rust produces rust-colored to dark brown, elongated pustules on both leaf surfaces. The pustules contain rust spo...

The pith of the stalk will rot, leaving only stringy vascular strands. Black specks, called microsclerotia, will be visi...

Leaves are narrow, strap like and leathery. Stunting and chlorotic striping of leaves . Excessive tillering and rollin...

FAW larvae feed on leaves, leaving behind rows of holes and skeletonized areas. Corn can tolerate some leaf damage, but ...

Feeding on leaves: Young larvae feed on the tender leaves, causing a "shot hole" appearance. Tunneling into stems: As ...

Shoot flies primarily attack maize crops during the seedling stage. The larvae of the shoot fly move down the leaf sheat...

Cutworms can cut corn plants at the base or near the ground level, or tunnel into the plants below or above the soil lin...

Rapid and uniform growth of plants. Increases the immunity of plants, resulting in less damage from adverse weather and...

Sap removal: Aphids suck sap from the whorl leaves and panicles, which can cause the leaves to turn yellow, tan, and dry...

As the corn plant matures, tassels become malformed and produce less pollen, ear formation is interrupted, and sterility...

CLS starts as small, round, tan lesions that can develop into larger lesions with a brown border and a yellow halo. The ...

Pustules on leaves: Rust pustules are oval or elongated, and are usually brown in the early stages of infection. As the ...

Enhances pollen power and fertility of crop Improves flowering and reduces flower drop Increases fruit setting and aid...

If medium-large larvae are in the whorl when the tassel is emerging, they can feed on the tassel. Severe and prolonged f...

Initially small, water-soaked spots appear on leaves, then elliptical brown areas develop until nearly as wide as the le...

Tassel damage: Leafhoppers can feed on tassels and cause damage. Hopperburn: Leafhoppers inject toxins into the leaves...

Discolored, soaked concentric bands and rings on leaves and sheaths Oval, elliptical, or irregular greenish grey spots ...

"Feeding on leaves: Young larvae feed on the tender leaves, causing a ""shot hole"" appearance. Tunneling into stems: ...

Initially small, water-soaked spots appear on leaves, then elliptical brown areas develop until nearly as wide as the le...

The stalk and leaf sheath at a node will discolor. The stalk may also appear dark brown, mushy, and slimy, The plant int...

The telltale symptom of SCLB is the presence of leaf lesions. Lesions are present tan in color with buff to brown bord...

Soaked, discolored concentric bands and rings on leaves and sheaths. Light brown cottony mycelium on infected tissue. ...

In the early stages, caterpillars will scrape the chlorophyll from the leaves, making them appear papery white. Later, t...

Wilting: Plants wilt and may appear grayish-green before turning tan Discoloration: The lower stalk turns yellow, and ...

The pith of the stalk will rot, leaving only stringy vascular strands. Black specks, called microsclerotia, will be visi...

The telltale symptom of SCLB is the presence of leaf lesions. Lesions are present tan in color with buff to brown bord...

Adult beetles can destroy flowers and buds, including petals, anthers, stigma, and ovary. This can reduce the number of ...

Young larvae: Feed on the outer parts of leaves and between leaf veins, before moving into the whorl to feed on young le...

Large numbers of aphids can prevent the development of pollen on the tassels, which are the male flowers of the maize pl...

Grasshoppers can consume the leaves of maize plants, starting at the edges or in the center. They can completely defolia...

Elongated lesions: As the lesions mature, they elongate and can become rectangular, oval, or larger Coalescing lesions...

Fertilizers can increase the size and weight of maize cobs by providing essential nutrients for the plant to grow and de...

Burrowed cobs: FAW larvae can burrow in at the terminal end of the cob or through the side of the cob, causing cobs to f...

The primary injury caused by grasshoppers is defoliation, as they consume and clip foliage as they feed. Grasshoppers al...

Later, frass and holes are easily visible on stems, or on the apical part of maize ears. Larval tunnelling weakens the s...