Corn smut

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Common smut of maize Image copyright: CABI

Prevention

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Balanced fertilization
From Sowing to Harvest
Collection and destruction of young tumors before they let out the spores.
From Sowing to Harvest

Control

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Solution Product Category Chemical Group
Azoxystrobin
Seed treatment
QOI - outer membrane quinone inhibitors
Prothioconazole
Seed treatment
DMI - demethylation inhibitors - BEI Class I
Triticonazole
Seed treatment
DMI - demethylation inhibitors - BEI Class I
Sedaxane
Seed treatment
SDHI - succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors
The information made available here has been obtained from or is based upon sources believed by CABI to be reliable but is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness. Anyone acting or relying on such information does so entirely at their own risk. The efficacy of the IPM methods included above will depend on local conditions and might not always be suitable everywhere within the specified country.