SHARP EYESPOT

Description: Lesions develop on lower stems in early to late spring. Lesions are oval in shape, with white to pale straw colored centers and dark brown borders. Stems of infected plants may die prematurely producing white heads and they may lodge.

Location: Sharp eyespot can occur throughout Ohio. It is usually associated with heavy soils with poor drainage that have saturated conditions during spring.

Time of attack: The disease is caused by a soil?borne fungus that is present in most soils. It attacks plants during the cold wet periods of early spring. Symptoms are easily detected in May and June.

Management:
· Improve soil drainage
· Crop rotation


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Corn, Soybean, Wheat, and Alfalfa Field GuideBulletin 827