Don't Quit Looking for Disease Lesions Yet
By Tom J Bechman, Delta Farm Press
If your corn is in the dough stage or even late milk stage, you may think you can stop scouting and worrying about disease. Dave Nanda thinks there is a better option: Keep scouting — just in case!
Even if you applied fungicides earlier, your cornfields aren’t necessarily home-free just yet. Late-season disease infestations have been known to cause significant yield losses, particularly on susceptible hybrids.