Description: Affected plants show excessive tillering, rolling of leaves, and/or proliferation of husks due to abnormal growth of tissues.

Location: Crazy top occurs anywhere in the state.

Time of attack: Saturated soil conditions or ponded water from excessive rainfall during early stages of plant growth favor infection. Plants become infected as seedlings and the fungus grows systemically in the plant causing abnormal development of plant tissues. Symptoms are most recognizable from mid whorl stage of development to maturity.

Management:
· Resistant hybrids
· Improve soil drainage