Southern corn leaf blight

Caused by: Bipolaris maydis
Problem Category: Fungal Disease
Symptoms: Foliar symptoms vary with hybrid and different fungal isolate; lesions on leaves may be tan and elongated and run between leaf veins; lesions may have a buff or brown colored margin; another race of the fungus causes tan, spindle shaped or elliptical lesions with a water-soaked margin that turns into a yellow halo.
Comments: Fungus overwinters in corn debris in soil; disease occurs worldwide but is emergence favors areas with a warm, damp climate.
Management: The most effective method of controlling the disease is to plant resistant hybrids; cultural control methods include plowing crop debris into soil after harvest and rotating crops.
Control: Spray 5% cowurine solution to control the corn leaf blight damage