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The Relationship Between Corn Plant Populations and Smut Infection 1
Author(s) -
Wilcoxson Roy D.,
Covey R. P.
Publication year - 1960
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/agronj1960.00021962005200090018x
Subject(s) - smut , biology , agronomy , field corn , zea mays , poaceae , white (mutation) , biochemistry , gene
Synopsis In studies made in the field, the percentage of plants or plant parts infected with smut decreased as the plant populations per hill were increased. This was true of both Hays White sweet corn and B164, an inbred dent corn line.