USA
March 22, 2012
Corn is one of the most important crops worldwide, and is a major focus of food security research. Because their associated mycotoxins can affect both human and livestock health, corn ear rot diseases can threaten corn as a source of both food and feed.
The Plant Management Network's Focus on Corn resource addresses this issue in its latest webcast, “Ear and Kernel Mold Biology and Management,” authored by Dr. Charles Woloshuk, a professor in the department of biology and plant pathology at Purdue University.
Woloshuk's presentation helps educate corn growers and crop consultants in the following areas:
- Learning how to recognize the important ear rot diseases of corn;
- Understanding the relationship between ear rot diseases and mycotoxin contamination;
- Learning the basic principles of ear rot disease management; and
- Understanding how to store grain properly to reduce risk of spoilage
This presentation is open access through May 31, 2012, and can be viewed at http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/edcenter/seminars/corn/EarAndKernelMold/.
Other Focus on Corn presentations can be viewed at http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/foc.
Focus on Corn is a publication of the Plant Management Network (PMN), a nonprofit online publisher whose mission is to enhance the health, management, and production of agricultural and horticultural crops. It achieves this mission through applied, science-based resources. PMN is jointly managed by the American Society of Agronomy, American Phytopathological Society, and Crop Science Society of America.
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