Posted 6/20/2010 08:26 (#1243736 - in reply to #1243480) Subject: Re: Japanese Beatles!
Elizabethtown,KY
illinoisboy_87 - 6/19/2010 22:44
Just out of curiosity, what is it that the beetles do to cause Diplodia?
I never heard that they cause it, that comes from rain splashing the Diplodia inoculum from the old corn stalks on the ground, the beetles can clip silks which lets water and diseases get into the husk easier.
Japanese Beatles!
