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Fungal occurrence, disease incidence and severity, and yield of maize symptomatic for seedling disease in Mississippi

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Abstract

A study was conducted in Mississippi from 1995 to 1997 comparing soil rhizosphere fungi isolated from Pioneer 3167 hybrid maize (Zea mays L.) planted on Brooksville silty clay and Memphis silt loam soils. Maize seedlings were collected over four sampling dates from conventional and no-tillage plots. Eleven fungal genera consisting of nineteen species were isolated from these plants; Trichoderma spp. were most frequently isolated, followed by Fusarium spp. The highest disease incidence occurred in tilled plots of the latest planting date on Brooksville silty clay when samples were collected 17 days after planting. Root disease was most severe in 1996 from seedlings planted on the last planting date in tilled plots sampled 17 days after planting. Yields were significantly (P ≤ 0.05) higher on Brooksville silty clay soil than on Memphis silt loam in both 1995 and 1996. Yields were highest from no-tillage plots and from maize planted on the earliest date. There was a significant correlation between incidence of root infection and disease severity. There was no correlation between the incidence of root infection and yield or between disease severity and yield at either location.

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  1. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, U.S.A

    P. Soonthornpoct, L.E. Trevathan, M.S. Gonzalez & M. Tomaso-Peterson

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Soonthornpoct, P., Trevathan, L., Gonzalez, M. et al. Fungal occurrence, disease incidence and severity, and yield of maize symptomatic for seedling disease in Mississippi. Mycopathologia 150, 39–46 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011032801808

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