Other Plant Disease -- United States
Corn tar spot, 1st identified in the U.S. 3 years ago [ProMED-mail post http://bit.ly/2gHfQyB], is now in 5 states. [It] has appeared in Illinois, Indiana, and more recently Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan.
Michigan State University's Martin Chilvers says tar spot is caused by a fungus originally found in Central America. "It's called _Phyllachora maydis_ and to date that's the only one we've found in the U.S. [see comments below]." [He says] the leaf disease does not
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