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• Corn

  http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/plantpath/corn/
  Photographs of plants infected by various pathogens and pests, with links to articles on integrated crop management.

• Corn Earworm: Helicoverpa zea

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN302
  Photographs and information on the life cycle of this pest, its description, host plants, damage, natural enemies and management using insecticides and biological control.

• Corn Rootworm: Integrated Crop Management

  http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/taxonomy/term/56
  Various articles on these damaging pests with plenty of information on identification and control.

• Diseases of Corn or Maize

  http://www.apsnet.org/publications/commonnames/Pages/CornorMaize.aspx
  Provides the common names of the bacterial, fungal, nematode, viral and other diseases that affect the plant.

• Early Season Insects in your Corn Field

  http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/2006/5-15/insects.html
  Photographs of larvae and beetles and information to help distinguish between beneficial and harmful creatures.

• Eye Spot

  http://www.invasive.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=9388
  Photographs and description of Kabatiella zeae infecting maize leaves.

• Insect Injury to Mid-Season Corn

  http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/1999/6-28-1999/midscorninj.html
  Information and photographs of pests including the European corn borer, stalk borer, armyworm, corn earworm, fall armyworm, stink bug, grasshopper and western corn rootworm.

• Insect Management in Field Corn

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IG060
  Describes the insect pests most commonly encountered in this crop, with information on inspection, the thresholds for action and control methods.

• Integrated Crop Management: Black Cutworm

  http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/taxonomy/term/124
  Various articles on these pests of corn crops with plenty of information on identification and control.

• Integrated Crop Management: European Corn Borer

  http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/taxonomy/term/133
  Plenty of information on this pest, when to look for damage and possible control measures.

• Major Corn Diseases in North Carolina

  http://ipm.ncsu.edu/corn/diseases/corn_diseases.html
  A review of pest and diseases affecting this state's crops.

• Petikam's Page on Banded Leaf and Sheath Blight of Maize

  http://petikam.tripod.com/
  Information about this disease and investigations by researcher at Indian Agricultural Institute. Also contains his curriculum vitae.

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