Embu, Kenya: A very large, mature gall on ear.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Common Smut (Ustilago maydis
Cross section of an ear in which the vascular bundles (dark spots) surrounding pith tissue are infec...
Stalk from nearly mature plant was broken below ear shank.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Pokk...
Large and deep infection in corn stalk.Host/Plant: Corn, plume grasses, teosinte, and gama grasses. ...
Embu, Kenya: A very large, mature gall on ear.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Common Smut (Ust...
Common smut occurs wherever corn is grown. A young gall on an ear is covered with a glistening whit...
Tassel exhibiting a mature gall. The black portion of the gall are primarily teliospores.Host/Plant...
Common smut gall on stalk.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Common Smut (Ustilago maydis
Gall adjacent to the midrib of the leaf. Galls on leaves remain hard and seldom do they rupture.Hos...
Embu, Kenya: Most of tassel is colonized by head smut. When mature, telipspores are dislodged and v...
Embu, Kenya: Head smut is first observed during tasseling or silking.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest...
Early stages of infection in an ear shank.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Fusarium Stalk Rot (...
All above ground tissues of a corn plant are susceptible to infection.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pes...
Stalk broken above ear shank with a few twisted leaves.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Pokkah ...
In Mexico, these galls are collected and termed, "huitalocoche." They are used in cookery and consi...
Tassel infected with common smut.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Common Smut (Ustilago maydis
Cross section of an ear in which the vascular bundles (dark spots) surrounding pith tissue are infec...
Stalk from nearly mature plant was broken below ear shank.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Pokk...
Large and deep infection in corn stalk.Host/Plant: Corn, plume grasses, teosinte, and gama grasses. ...
Embu, Kenya: A very large, mature gall on ear.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Common Smut (Ust...
Common smut occurs wherever corn is grown. A young gall on an ear is covered with a glistening whit...
Tassel exhibiting a mature gall. The black portion of the gall are primarily teliospores.Host/Plant...
Common smut gall on stalk.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Common Smut (Ustilago maydis
Gall adjacent to the midrib of the leaf. Galls on leaves remain hard and seldom do they rupture.Hos...
Embu, Kenya: Most of tassel is colonized by head smut. When mature, telipspores are dislodged and v...
Embu, Kenya: Head smut is first observed during tasseling or silking.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest...
Early stages of infection in an ear shank.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Fusarium Stalk Rot (...
All above ground tissues of a corn plant are susceptible to infection.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pes...
Stalk broken above ear shank with a few twisted leaves.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Pokkah ...
In Mexico, these galls are collected and termed, "huitalocoche." They are used in cookery and consi...
Tassel infected with common smut.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Common Smut (Ustilago maydis
Cross section of an ear in which the vascular bundles (dark spots) surrounding pith tissue are infec...
Stalk from nearly mature plant was broken below ear shank.Host/Plant: Corn (Zea mays)Pest/Path: Pokk...
Large and deep infection in corn stalk.Host/Plant: Corn, plume grasses, teosinte, and gama grasses. ...