UMaine Extension sweet corn newsletter cited in BDN article

A 2012 University of Maine Cooperative Extension newsletter on growing sweet corn in Maine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about “corn smut,” a fungus that grows in kernels, causing them to become grayish and bulbous. August is typically when corn smut is most often discovered in Maine, according to UMaine Extension. “This fungus disease is easily recognized by the large galls which form in the ears, tassels and on leaves,” the 2012 publication states. “The young galls are silvery-white in color. When the galls mature they rupture into masses of powdery, black spores.” UMaine Extension goes on to report there’s “no effective fungicide for corn smut,” the article states.