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Purdue Researchers Adopt Interdisciplinary Approach to Assessing Emerging Tar Spot Disease in Corn
August 02, 2024
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- Purdue University issued the following news release:

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Mix of agricultural and engineering methods deployed for monitoring and assessment

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For more than a century, tar spot fungal disease in corn kept its distance from the U.S., biding its time.

"Tar spot had not been detected in the U.S. prior to 2015, but it has been endemic in several Latin American countries, starting i . . .

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