Corn leaves showing tar spot symptoms (IMAGE)

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Corn leaves showing tar spot symptoms

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University of Illinois scientists screened 25 corn lines with exotic germplasm and found multiple accessions showing natural resistance to the new-to-North-America fungal disease, tar spot.

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Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois

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