Circular ANR-601 — Alalxuna Cooperative Extension Service, Auburn University, Alabama, 1991. — 12 pp.Corn diseases cost Alabama producers about 10 percent of their yield each year. Some producers have lost more than 50 percent of their expected yields.
Corn diseases are caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes (called pathogens). Often two or more of these pathogens may be involved in a disease complex, causing more damage to corn than either pathogen alone.
