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Head smut of maize, caused by the fungus Sphacelotheca reiliana, is an economically important disease in all major maize-producing countries. Although seed treatments are commonly used for management purposes, evaluating these treatments for efficacy is both time consuming and inefficient. Therefore, in order to improve the capacity for evaluating seed treatment fungicides, we developed a real-time PCR-based seedling assay for S. reiliana infection. We optimized growth chamber conditions and inoculation methods to achieve infection incidence of 60 to 80% in inoculated, nontreated controls. The effects of five commercially available fungicidal seed treatment formulations on seedling infection incidence were compared by PCR analysis of root and mesocotyl tissues. Tebuconazole, fludioxonil, sedaxane, and Maxim Quattro (fludioxonil+mefenoxam+azoxystrobin+thiabendazole) reduced the incidence of infection (P &lt; 0.05) compared with the control, but no difference was found between the azoxystrobin treatment and the control. All rates tested for both sedaxane and tebuconazole were equally effective for seeds coated with 10 6  teliospores∙seed –1 . Sedaxane, at a rate of 0.1 mg/kernel, eliminated seedling infection if seeds were infested with a low inoculum concentration (10 1  teliospores∙seed –1 ). The assay developed here is a valuable tool not only for the detection of fungal infection at the seedling stage, but also for testing the relative efficacies of seed treatments for reducing incidence of infection.

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Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of <i>Sphacelotheca reiliana</i> Infection in Maize (<i>Zea mays</i>) Seedlings and Evaluation of Seed Treatment Efficacy

Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Sphacelotheca reiliana Infection in Maize (Zea mays) Seedlings and Evaluation of Seed Treatment Efficacy