Agricultural Research Service: Pitting Good Versus Bad Fungi on Sweet Corn - A Delicate Dance
October 01, 2024
October 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2024:
The same defenses that help some varieties of sweet corn resist fungal diseases can also stymie the potency of a beneficial fungus used to kill hungry caterpillar pests, studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists suggest.
Entomologist Pat Dowd (https://www.ars.usda.gov/people-locations/person/?person-id=1447) and M . . .
The same defenses that help some varieties of sweet corn resist fungal diseases can also stymie the potency of a beneficial fungus used to kill hungry caterpillar pests, studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists suggest.
Entomologist Pat Dowd (https://www.ars.usda.gov/people-locations/person/?person-id=1447) and M . . .