Sweet Corn
  • Use resistant varieties, if available
  • Practice good soil preparation and monitor soil pH
  • Maintain good soil moisture and avoid waterlogging
  • Use pathogen-free (certified) seeds and seedlings
  • Practice proper spacing for good ventilation and sun exposure
  • Use fertilizers and pesticides properly
  • Avoid excessive leaf pruning
  • Clean tools with bleach solution
  • To prevent infection from spreading, sick plants, old crops and weeds must be removed and destroyed
  • Crop rotation prevents build up of insect pests and diseases and restores soil fertility
Manage Disease
Control insect vectors using insect traps, reflective mulches or insecticides spray
ACTIVE INGREDIENT MoA* Aphids
Fipronil 2B
Lambda-cyhalothrin 3A
Dinotefuran 4A
Imidacloprid 4A
Thiamethoxam 4A
Thiocyclam oxalate 14
**Alternate mode of action groups to prevent build up of resistance
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Banded Leaf and Sheath Blight
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Brown Spot
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Common Rust
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Common Smut
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Curvularia Leaf Spot
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Gray Leaf Spot
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Northern Corn Leaf Blight
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Southern Corn Leaf Blight
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Phaeosphaeria Leaf Spot
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Diplodia Leaf Streak
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Pythium Stalk Rot
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Downy Mildew
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Bacterial Stalk Rot
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Mosaic
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Genetic Stripes
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Purpling of Leaves
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