Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Studies on the survival of corn stalk rot bacteria

  • Published:
Plant and Soil Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Summary

Erwinia carotovora andPseudomonas lapsa which cause stalk rot of corn survived in soil and host tissues under different conditions.E. carotovora survived for 150 days and 90 days in sterile and unsterile soils, respectively, whileP. lapsa survived for 135 days and 75 days under similar conditions when they were added as cell suspensions.E. carotovora survived in diseased tissues for 22, 8, and 7 months at 0–5°C (refrigerator), 22–28°C (room), and 20–37°C (field) temperatures whileP. lapsa survived for 26, 10, and 9 months, respectively, under similar conditions. Seeds of Ganga 3 were found to carryP. lapsa for 14 months, when they were stored at room (22–28°C) temperature.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Ark, P. A., Persistence ofPseudomonas lapsa on seed of field corn. Plant Dis. Reptr.25, 202 (1941).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Hingorani, M. K., Grant, U. J., and Singh, N.,Erwinia carotovora f. sp.zeae, a destructive pathogen of maize in India. Indian Phytopathol.12, 151–157 (1959).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Prasad, H. H., Bacterial stalk rot of maize. Agr. Jour. India30, 72 (1930).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Rangarajan, M., and Chakravarti, B. P., A strain ofPseudomonas lapsa isolated from corn seeds causing bacterial stalk rot in India. Plant Dis. Reptr.51, 764–766 (1967).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Rangarajan, M., and Chakravarti, B. P., Bacterial stalk rot of maize in Rajasthan, effect on seed germination and varietal susceptibility. Indian Phytopathol. (in press) (1969).

  6. Rangaswami, G., Bacterial Plant Diseases in India. Asia Publishing House, Bombay (1962).

    Google Scholar 

  7. Vasudeva, R. S., Report of the division of Mycology and Plant Pathology. Sci. Rept. Indian Agr. Research Inst. New Delhi1958–59, 131–147 (1962).

    Google Scholar 

  8. Voronkevich, I. V., On the survival in the soil of bacteria of the genusErwinia, causal agents of soft rots of plants (English summary) Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscow. Ser. Biol.65, 95–105 (R.A.M.40, 202, 1961) (1960).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Udaipur, Udaipur, India

    M. Rangarajan (Asst. Prof. of Microbiology) & B. P. Chakravarti

  2. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

    M. Rangarajan (Asst. Prof. of Microbiology)

Authors
  1. M. Rangarajan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. B. P. Chakravarti
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Rangarajan, M., Chakravarti, B.P. Studies on the survival of corn stalk rot bacteria. Plant Soil 33, 140–144 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01378206

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01378206

Keywords

Search

Navigation