Why Is My Sweet Corn Dying?

I have a field of Silver Queen sweet corn and some of the young plants are shriveling up and withering away. They have a scummy substance on the leaves. Is there something I can do?

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#1 Comment By Heather On 05/10/2011 @ 2:45 pm

It sounds like your corn has Stewart’s wilt. It often leaves slimy patches on the leaves as this is the bacteria that causes the disease. This article will explain more:
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/publications/pm1627.pdf ^[1]

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