Tar spot continues on the move in ON corn

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January 24, 2025

Source: Farmtario

Tar spot jumped to the eastern side of Ontario in 2024, and the corn growing areas that don’t have it, likely do now — it just hasn’t been detected. Such is the state of the latest fungal disease that has come to dominate most of the corn leaf disease conversation in the province. Find out more on the spread of tar spot from this Farmtario article.

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