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Southern Rust

Tar spot on corn leaf

August 29, 2024

Black Spots in Corn? Southern Rust, Tar Spot and More

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Tar spot symptoms on corn leaf

August 15, 2024

Corn Disease Update: Fungicide Expectations for Disease Control

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

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August 2, 2024

This Week on N Field: Southern Rust 2024

Extension educator county map

July 26, 2024

Extension Crop and Pest Reports (July 22-26)

Southern rust spots on corn leaf

July 25, 2024

Southern Rust Spreading in Eastern Nebraska

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Closeup of black spots on corn leaf

July 12, 2024

Corn Diseases Developing in Some Fields — What To Watch

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Frogeye leaf spot

July 21, 2021

Corn and Soybean Disease Update: Southern Rust, Frogeye Leaf Spot, and Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

map showing southern rust in 45 Nebraska counties

August 6, 2020

Crop Diseases Spreading and Increasing

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Map showing the 70 counties where bacterial leaf streak has how been confirmred.

August 10, 2018

Crop Disease Update

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Terra Hartman - Graduate Research Assistant, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Southern rust on a corn leaf

July 20, 2018

Southern Rust of Corn Confirmed in Nebraska

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Gray leaf spot (left) and southern rust (right) in corn

August 18, 2017

Corn Disease Update: Are we out of the woods yet?

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Counties with confirmed southern rust

August 4, 2017

Continued Scouting Urged for Southern Rust Now in 26 Counties

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Map of counties where southern rust had been confirmed as of Aug. 3, 2017

August 3, 2017

Nebraska Counties where Southern Rust Has Been Confirmed in Corn

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Southern rust pustules on a corn leaf

July 27, 2017

Corn Disease Update: Southern Rust Increasing; Diplodia New to Nebraska

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Amy Timmerman - Extension Educator

Southern rust on a corn leaf

July 19, 2017

Southern Rust Confirmed in Corn in 8 Eastern Nebraska Counties

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator