open-pollinated corn varieties from way back in the early 1900s” The one heritage hybrid creates the desirable cob’s perfect pith for making corn cob pipes. “The next part of the cob is ...

Place the pith over the corn, securing with a bandage and covering with a white cotton sock overnight. Continue each night ...

The pith tissues disintegrate and turn tan or brown ... consider Diplodia stalk rot as either an air-borne or a soil borne disease. It is more severe where corn follows corn. Management of Diplodia ...

Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly every corn field in Delaware, and severity and incidence varies from year to year. Stalk rots can cause breakage and lodging of stalks and plant death. In many ...