Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola, is a disease of worldwide importance. Yield losses can approach 40% and up to 80% lodging has been ...

Thus, corn suffering from stalk rot will easily lodge ... Decreased stalk strength resulting from the activity of stalk rotting pathogens causes lodging. Anthracnose stalk rot Colletotrichum ...

but is differentiated from corn borer injury by the fact that there are no insect entrance holes in the stalk. The stalk rot phase of anthracnose generally first appears as narrow, vertical to oval, ...