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Field based assessment of yield-related traits and flowering response in Zea mays towards Southern corn leaf blight

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Bipolaris maydis (Y. Nisik. & C. Miyake) Shoemaker is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen that causes Southern corn leaf blight (SCLB) also known as a maydis leaf blight. This disease is found in almost all maize growing regions of world including India. In the present study, ten inbred lines of maize were screened for SCLB resistance in a randomized complete block design. After 36 days of sowing, the whorls of test plants were artificially inoculated with B. maydis spores. The intensity of the disease was recorded after 21 days of inoculation by scoring the randomly selected five plants from each plot using the disease scale of 1–5. The days required for anthesis, silking and anthesis-silking interval along with ear weight, grain yield, seed index, ear length, ear girth and kernels per ear were recorded. SCLB infection showed significant change in test parameters among maize inbred lines. Pearson correlation showed a negative correlation of anthesis silking interval and disease severity with yield-related attributes. During the infection, anthesis-silking interval was increased which was observed to be inversely proportional to grain yield. Principal component analysis classified the inbred lines into three groups with LM 13, LM 15 and CM 140 occupying distinct positions. Based on flowering and yield attributes, Wards cluster analysis showed that LM 13, LM 15 and CM 140 were distantly apart from each other. It may be concluded that LM 15 was highly susceptible to SCLB while LM 13 was a highly resistant inbred line. Yield reduction might be attributed to the differential flowering response of maize towards SCLB.

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One of the authors is grateful to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India for providing financial assistance for this work, vide File No. EDN/1/27/2015/SRF.

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  2. Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

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Vasmatkar, P., Kaur, K. & Pannu, P.P.S. Field based assessment of yield-related traits and flowering response in Zea mays towards Southern corn leaf blight. Indian Phytopathology 74, 969–979 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-021-00404-5

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