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Stalk Rot of Maize: Host‐pathogen Interaction
Author(s) -
Chambers K. R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1987.tb00438.x
Subject(s) - stalk , macrophomina phaseolina , biology , cultivar , inoculation , fusarium , fungi imperfecti , pathogen , agronomy , horticulture , botany , microbiology and biotechnology
Abstract Four maize cultivars were each separately inoculated with 10 different isolates of Diplodia zeae, Fusarium moniliforme, F. graminearum and Macrophomina phaseolina. D. zeae consistently caused most stalk rot, followed in decreasing order by M. phaseolina, F. graminearum and F. moniliforme. Significant intraspecific differences in stalk rot were recorded. No significant stalk rot x cultivar interaction occurred. Stalk rot correlated non‐significantly with yield loss but significantly with cellulase production in vitro.