scholarly journals Relationship between cropping frequency, root rot and yield of silage maize on sandy soils.

1987 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-486
Author(s):  
K. Scholte

In field trials at Wageningen in 1979-86, forage maize cv. Dorina was given 100 t cattle slurry/ha and grown in a long (sugarbeet/1 or 2 years barley/potato/maize) or short (potato/maize) rotation, or continuously cropped. Nematicides were applied to each crop in all rotations. The effects of soil treatment with pencycuron, benomyl, metalaxyl or gamma -irradiation were studied in 1986 in pot experiments using soil from the field trial plots for each cropping sequence. Roots were given a healthiness ranking in each year. Yields were 10-20% lower with continuous cropping and a prolonged short rotation. Neither annual applications of slurry nor nematicides reduced the adverse effects of continuous cropping. Continuous cropping stimulated root rot. There was a close negative relation between cropping frequency, incidence of root rot and maize yield. Root rot seemed to be caused mainly by Pythium spp., and seemed to occur more seriously in years when the first half of the growing season was wetter than normal. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

1997 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.J. Schroder ◽  
L. Ten Holte ◽  
G. Brouwer

In field trials in 1993-94 on sandy soils at 2 sites in the Netherlands, cattle slurry was applied by injection into slots 25 cm apart (standard injection) or 75 cm apart (banded injection). Subsequently, maize cv. Melody or Mandigo was sown at a row spacing of 75 cm parallel to the slots, either at random lateral positions in the standard injection treatment or 10 cm from the injection slots of the banded injection treatment. All treatments, including a control without slurry, were combined with 0 or 20-31 kg/ha of subsurface banded P starter fertilizer. Dry matter yields of silage maize were on average reduced by 8% when standard injection of slurry was not supplemented with P. However, the yield reduction was only 2% when slurry was banded.


Author(s):  
Zinta Gaile ◽  
Irina Arhipova

Abstract Latvia is recognised as a marginal area for growing of maize (Zea mays L.), as years of high yielding can be broken by years with failures. The aim of this paper is to describe maize yield, dry matter (DM) content in fresh yield, and some other quality indicators in silage maize field trials at the Research and Study Farm “Vecauce” of the Latvia University of Agriculture (56° N), in relation to temperature and moisture conditions. The study was carried out for 15 years (1999–2013). In total, 217 maize hybrids, belonging mainly to the early-maturity group (FAO up to 220), were investigated. Meteorological conditions considerably differed, and, according to heat conditions, only 10 years were suitable for maize production. The mean fresh maize yield varied from 43.01 t ha−1 to 63.39 t ha−1 during the study period, which 1.8 to 2.9 times higher than the average statistical yield in Latvian farms in the respective years. The DM yield ranged between 8.77 t ha−1 (in 2004) and 20.05 t ha−1 (in 2013) and was significantly correlated with temperature in May and June. The study suggested that cold tolerance of hybrids during early development stages should be investigated in future. Fresh and DM yield of maize were significantly (p < 0.001) affected by hybrid and year as factors, as well as by their interaction. DM content in fresh yield was correlated with active temperature sum. Low precipitation was a yield-limiting factor during some years. Ear proportion in yield decreased when moisture stress occurred before and during silking.


2013 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 619-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. F. Chang ◽  
S. F. Hwang ◽  
H. U. Ahmed ◽  
B. D. Gossen ◽  
G. D. Turnbull ◽  
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Chang, K. F., Hwang, S. F., Ahmed, H. U., Gossen, B. D., Turnbull, G. D. and Strelkov, S. E. 2013. Management strategies to reduce losses caused by fusarium seedling blight of field pea. Can. J. Plant Sci. 93: 619–625. Fusarium seedling blight can cause substantial reductions in the stand density of field pea in western Canada. In greenhouse experiments, emergence decreased and root rot severity rose with increasing inoculum density. In field trials in 2007 and 2008 near Edmonton, AB, seeding at different depths and seeding dates did not consistently affect emergence or yield in Fusarium-infested soils. In field experiments, emergence declined significantly with each increase in inoculum level. Also, seed yield were reduced at high levels of disease pressure. Treatment of seed with Apron Maxx improved emergence, nodulation and yield of treatments challenged with inoculum of F. avenaceum in both greenhouse and field experiments. This research demonstrates the need to prevent seedling blight and root rot through proper seed treatment.


2003 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Xue

The efficacy of seed treatments with bioagent ACM941 (a strain of Clonostachys rosea), its formulated products GB116 and ACM941-Pro, and common fungicides for the control of pea root rot complex were examined in six field trials in western Canada from 1996 to 2000. The effects on seedling emergence, root rot severity, and yield varied among years. In trials 1 and 2 (1996–1997), none of the treatments significantly reduced root rot severity or increased yield. ACM941 + Thiram 75WP was the most effective treatment, increasing emergence by 17.4% and was significantly better than that of the untreated controls. In trials 3 and 4 (1997–1998), Apron FL alone and ACM941 + Apron FL were significantly better than the untreated control, increasing emergence by 6.2 and 7.7%, and yield by 10.8 and 11.5%, respectively. In trials 5 and 6 (1999–2000), AC M 941 and GB116 were equally the most effective treatments, increasing emergence by 11.5 and 12.2%, and yield by 8.2 and 6.3%, respectively. These effects were significantly greater than that of the untreated control, but not significantly different from those of Apron FL or Vitaflo-280. ACM941-Pro was developed and tested in 2000 only, and it increased emergence by 17.1% and reduced root rot severity by 29.6%. Key words: Bioagent, Clonostachys rosea, field pea, Pisum sativum, pea root rot complex (PRRC), seed treatment, fungicide


Plant Disease ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 85 (7) ◽  
pp. 718-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Kiewnick ◽  
Barry J. Jacobsen ◽  
Andrea Braun-Kiewnick ◽  
Joyce L. A. Eckhoff ◽  
Jerry W. Bergman

Rhizoctonia crown and root rot, caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani AG 2-2, is one of the most damaging sugar beet diseases worldwide and causes significant economic losses in more than 25% of the sugar beet production area in the United States. We report on field trials in the years 1996 to 1999 testing both experimental fungicides and antagonistic Bacillus sp. for their potential to reduce disease severity and increase sugar yield in trials inoculated with R. solani AG 2-2. Fungicides were applied as in-furrow sprays at planting or as band sprays directed at the crown at the four-leaf stage, or four- plus eight-leaf stage, while bacteria were applied at the four-leaf stage only. The fungicides azoxystrobin and tebuconazole reduced crown and root rot disease by 50 to 90% over 3 years when used at rates of 76 to 304 g a.i./ha and 250 g a.i./ha, respectively. The disease index at harvest was reduced and the root and sugar yield increased with azoxystrobin compared with tebuconazole. The combination of azoxystrobin applied at 76 g a.i./ha and the Bacillus isolate MSU-127 resulted in best disease reduction and greatest root and sucrose yield increase.


Plant Disease ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 92 (8) ◽  
pp. 1197-1200 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. N. Bilgi ◽  
C. A. Bradley ◽  
S. D. Khot ◽  
K. F. Grafton ◽  
J. B. Rasmussen

Fusarium root rot of dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), caused by Fusarium solani f. sp. phaseoli, is a major yield-limiting disease in North Dakota and Minnesota. Although a few sources of partial resistance are available, most commercial cultivars grown in this region are susceptible, especially in the red kidney bean market class. This study evaluated three methods of screening for resistance to Fusarium root rot. A sand-cornmeal inoculum layer method, spore suspension method, and paper towel method were used to evaluate 11 dry bean genotypes for resistance to Fusarium root rot under growth-chamber conditions. These same genotypes were also evaluated in field trials at Fargo, ND, and Park Rapids and Perham, MN, in 2005. In all trials, the small red genotype VAX 3 was found to have a consistently high level of resistance to Fusarium root rot and could be used as a source of resistance by dry bean breeders. Correlation analyses between field and growth-chamber root rot ratings indicated that all three growth-chamber methods had significantly (P ≤ 0.05) positive correlations with field results from Perham and Fargo, which suggests that all three methods could be used to screen germplasm efficiently for resistance to Fusarium root rot.


2022 ◽  
Vol 354 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 129-133
Author(s):  
A. Yu. Kekalo

Protecting wheat seed from phytopathogens is a popular topic for plant breeders. The objects requiring close attention and control on wheat are smut infections, pathogens of root rot. And if the pathogens of smut we have learned to fight quite effectively with, then microorganisms that infect underground parts of plants are controlled with less success and many questions in the system of protection against them remain controversial. The issue of reducing the pesticide load on agrocenoses, starting with the protection of seeds, also remains relevant. The article presents the results of field trials of means of protecting spring wheat seeds from root rot in 2019–2020, carried out within the framework of the state assignment at the Kurgan SRIA — branch of FSBSI UrFASRC, according to generally accepted methods. The aim of the research was to assess the biological, economic efficiency of the combined use of a chemical seed dressing agent and a biofungicide based on Bacillus subtilis in protecting wheat from soil-seed infections, to determine the competitiveness of an ecologized method of protecting seeds (reduced consumption rate of a chemical seed dressing agent in combination with biological fungicide). The obtained research results indicate that with a high level of damage to wheat by root rot (Fusarium, B. sorokiniana), the use of seed treatment with the studied preparations ensured the preservation of 10–12% of the yield, more efficiency was noted in the variants with the Oplot 0.5 l/t and the Oplot 0.3 l/t + Nodix Premium 0.3 l/t . The technical effectiveness of fungicides against wheat root rot ranged 44% for Nodix Premium to 85–86% for chemical protection and mixed use. An environmentally friendly method of protecting wheat seeds, which consists in using a 40% lower rate of a chemical dressing agent with a biopesticide, turned out to be competitive.


2017 ◽  
Vol 104 (4 - 6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jegadeeswari D ◽  
◽  
Muthumanickam D

A field experiment was conducted in B deficient soil (0.37 mg kg-1) to assess the frequency and level of B application for increasing crop yields in maize - sunflower cropping system, fate of B pools in soils system and to monitor the changes in soil fertility and productivity due to different levels and frequency of B application under continuous cropping system at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore since 2012. The analysis of initial soil samples indicated that experimental soil was neutral in soil pH and free from salinity with sandy clay in texture. The grain and stover yield of maize crop varied from 5.51-8.38 and 5.16 to 8.00 t ha-1 , respectively and significantly differed with rate of B application. Among the B levels application of B @ 1.0 kg ha-1 registered the maximum grain and stover yield of 7.55 and 7.00 t ha-1 , respectively and was followed by application of 1.5 kg ha-1, however they were on par with each other. After the harvest of maize crop, sunflower was raised and harvested and the grain and stalk yields were recorded. Among the B levels, application of B @ 1.0 kg ha-1 registered the maximum seed yield of 2.33 t ha-1 respectively and was followed by application of 0.5 kg ha-1. The interaction between the rate of B application and frequency significantly differed with grain and stalk yield. Among the frequency levels, application of B to maize crop alone every year (F3) registered the maximum seed yield as compared to others. The interaction effect revealed that application of B @ 0.5 kg ha-1 to all crop registered the highest seed yield of 2.79 t ha-1 respectively. Boron fractions like available boron, specifically adsorbed B, oxide B, organically bound B, residual B status and total boron contents were analysed after the harvest of second crop. The results revealed that the available B status varied from 0.277 to 1.940 mg kg-1,specifically adsorbed B ranged from 0.190 to 1.332,oxide bound B status in soil varied from 0.127 to 0.89 mg kg-1, organically bound B status in soil varied from 0.235 to 1.644 mg kg-1, residual fraction of B varied from 41.61 to 291.8 and total boron varied from 42.44 to 297.6 mg kg-1. Boron application resulted in significant increase in maize yield as first crop and sunflower as residual crop, respectively. Among the B fractions the order was residual B >organically bound > specifically adsorbed > oxide bound B. Application of B @ 2.0 kg ha-1 significantly registered the highest available B in soil (1.038 mg kg-1) and among the frequencies, application of B to all crops registered the highest available B (1.32 mg kg-1). The actual fraction of B fertilizer removed by the crops is only 1-2 % of the total applied fertilizer through soil.


2020 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 126057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingeborg F. Pedersen ◽  
Gitte H. Rubæk ◽  
Tavs Nyord ◽  
Peter Sørensen
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