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Pest identification and confirmation—Common smut

Head smut may be confused with common smut. However, the vascular bundles within the galls of head smut readily differentiate head smut from common smut. In head smut, leaflike proliferations often occur in tassels and partially smutted ears.

Corn plant infected with head smut
Corn plant infected with head smut

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