Stewart's Bacterial Wilt
Pantoea stewartii
Maizebacterial
A flea-beetle-vectored bacterial disease causing wilting and streaking, most damaging in sweet corn.
Symptoms
Pale green-to-yellow streaks with wavy margins along leaves, and wilting/stunting in susceptible sweet corn.
Favorable conditions
- •Corn flea beetle vector populations, especially after mild winters
- •Susceptible sweet corn varieties
Management
- 1Control flea beetle vectors with an insecticide seed treatment or foliar spray
- 2Plant resistant hybrids
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