Show grow resistant varieties wilt disease in sweet corn has been reported from many sections ot the corn belt this year the only known control for the disease Is to plant resistant varieties it is belleek bel leed that the disease Is carried on the seed and spread in the field by the larvae stage of the spotted cucumber beetle when the disease strikes the field the corn leaves wilt and die and frequently in rainy weather the roots and base ot the stalk will rot off ew varieties 0 corn are leang developed by the united states department of agrical ture prairie farmer |