Solemn means someone or something serious, sincere or impressive. 1  An example of solemn is how someone's face looks when worried about a sick friend.
Symptoms of anthracnose are fairly common early in the season on lower leaves and later in the season on upper leaves. However, it is normally not an economic problem. Drift or contact from chemicals, such as paraquat or glyphosate, can also cause spots on corn leaves. Paraquat injury on corn. These spots can also be confused with holcus spot, but an obvious pattern should be visible throughout the field.
So called blue corn tortillas are made from such kernels. The Colored (C) gene on the short arm of chromosome 9 controls the production of one of the purple pigments. The Colored gene is passed on as cells divide to produce the kernel. However, the purple color only develops in the skin of the kernel.