A cool, wet start to the 2026 growing season has pushed tar spot to the top of Kansas corn growers’ disease concerns, according to Kansas State University row crop specialist Rodrigo Onofre.
Tar spot tops corn disease concerns in cool, wet 2026 season
Tar spot produces distinctive, black, raised lesions on corn leaves -- sometimes round or elliptical -- that resemble flecks of tar.
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