ATHENS — The first cases of southern corn rust (Puccinia polysora) for the 2023 growing season were discovered last week in Clinch and Grady counties along the Georgia-Florida line. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension experts are encouraging producers to be diligent in scouting for the fast-spreading disease among their corn crops.
βJune 21 is about two weeks later than we typically find it,β Bob Kemerait, a professor of plant pathology with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, said.
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