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The Relation of Smut Infection to Yield in Maize 1
Author(s) -
Garber R. J.,
Hoover M. M.
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1928.00021962002000070007x
Subject(s) - smut , yield (engineering) , citation , relation (database) , agricultural science , library science , agronomy , computer science , biology , database , physics , thermodynamics
It is usually supposed that corn smut (Ustilago zeae) causes a great deal of damage and considerable reduction in yield. It is certainly one of the most common of corn diseases if not the most destructive. Numerous estimates of the extent of injury caused by this fungus have been made, but there seem to have been few, if any, careful studies. The purpose of the present paper is to present some data dealing with the relation of smut infection to yield and to report further progress in connection with the project in breeding corn for resistance to smut. This work was begun at the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station in i92o and has continued to the present. A repor~3 of the work was published in an earlier number of this JOURNAL.