Title
Corn Yield Loss Estimates Due to Diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada from 2012 to 2015
Campus Units
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
9-2016
Journal or Book Title
Plant Health Progress
Volume
17
First Page
211
Last Page
222
DOI
10.1094/PHP-RS-16-0030
Abstract
Annual decreases in corn yield caused by diseases were estimated by surveying members of the Corn Disease Working Group in 22 corn-producing states in the United States and in Ontario, Canada, from 2012 through 2015. Estimated loss from each disease varied greatly by state and year. In general, foliar diseases such as northern corn leaf blight, gray leaf spot, and Goss’s wilt commonly caused the largest estimated yield loss in the northern United States and Ontario during non-drought years. Fusarium stalk rot and plant-parasitic nematodes caused the most estimated loss in the southern-most United States. The estimated mean economic loss due to yield loss by corn diseases in the United States and Ontario from 2012 to 2015 was $76.51 USD per acre. The cost of disease-mitigating strategies is another potential source of profit loss. Results from this survey will provide scientists, breeders, government, and educators with data to help inform and prioritize research, policy, and educational efforts in corn pathology and disease management.
Copyright Owner
The American Phytopathological Society
Copyright Date
2016
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Mueller, Daren S.; Sisson, Adam J.; Robertson, Alison E.; and et al., "Corn Yield Loss Estimates Due to Diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada from 2012 to 2015" (2016). Plant Pathology and Microbiology Publications. 243.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/plantpath_pubs/243
Included in
Agricultural Science Commons, Agriculture Commons, Agronomy and Crop Sciences Commons, Plant Pathology Commons
Comments
This article is published as Mueller, D., Wise, K.A., Sisson, A.J., Allen, T.A., Bergstrom, G.C., Bosley, D.B., Bradley, C.A., Broders, K.D., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M.I., Collins, A., Faske, T.R., Friskop, A.J., Heiniger, R.W., Hollier, C.A., Hooker, D.C., Isakeit, T., Jackson-Ziems, T.A., Jardine, D.J., Kelly, H.M., Kinzer, K., Koenning, S.R., Malvick, D.K., McMullen, M., Meyer, R.F., Paul, P.A., Robertson, A.E., Roth, G.W., Smith, D.L., Tande, C.A., Tenuta, A.U., Vincelli, P., and Warner, F. 2016. Corn Yield Loss Estimates Due to Diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada from 2012 to 2015. Plant Health Progress. 17:211-222. doi: 10.1094/PHP-RS-16-0030. Posted with permission.