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Disease in Corn Found in One Indiana County
Published Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 04:49 AM
A disease first discovered in Nebraska has been identified in one northwestern county in Indiana. Goss' bacterial wilt, which infects susceptible varieties of sweet corn, popcorn and hybrid corn, has been confirmed by Purdue University's Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory. The confirmed samples from Pulaski (Pa-las-ki) County were from popcorn and hybrid corn fields. The disease is common throughout the Midwest in limited areas and years.

Purdue Extension field crops disease specialist Kiersten Wise believes that early hailstorms and recent heavy rains and windstorms likely contributed to the infection and dispersal of Goss' wilt in Indiana fields. Wise points out - this is not a concern for consumers and has no impact on food safety.

Wise says – we don't know how much impact the bacteria will have on the corn crop in this area because we don't know what kind of resistance hybrids grown in Indiana have. The specialist called Goss’ bacterial wilt - a very manageable disease.

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