The most common diseases of field corn in New York include:

• Anthracnose Leaf Blight
• Anthracnose Stalk Rot
• Common Rust
• Common Smut
• Eyespot
• Gray Leaf Spot
• Northern Corn Leaf Blight
• Northern Corn Leaf Spot
• Stewart's Bacterial Leaf Blight

Recommendations for management of these diseases in New York through foliar fungicides is available.

Recommended Resources

• Fungicide Classification Chart - from Take Action a table to aid in the selection of appropriate fungicides to use to help prevent fungicide-resistance
• Detecting and managing new foliar corn diseases in the U.S. - American Society of Agronomy - IPM Institute of North America (PDF)