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Fungal incidence and mycotoxin contamination of farm-stored maize were assessed and compared in grain samples from three villages each in two agroecological zones over time. Maize samples were collected at 2 and 4 months after stocking from 72 farmers’ stores in 1996 and 1997 in the Humid Forest (HF) and Western Highlands (WHL) of Cameroon. Mycological assays of these samples revealed several fungal species.Nigrospora spp. were the most prevalent fungi in HF (32%) and WHL (30%) in 1996,Fusarium verticillioides (22%) andF. graminearum (27%) were also isolated from these samples. In the WHL in 1996, no significant difference in fungal incidence was found among villages for samples collected 2 months after harvest, but at 4 months incidence was significantly higherP<0.05). In 1997 the levels of fungal contamination were lower than in 1996. The incidence ofAspergillus spp. was low in general, ranging from 0.0 to 5.9% infected kernels. Analysis with thin layer chromatography detected low levels of aflatoxins in a few samples.F. verticillioides mycotoxin fumonisin Bi (300-26,000 ng/g) andF. graminearum metabolites deoxynivalenol (<100–l,300 ng/g) and zearalenone (<50–110 ng/g) were determined by means of polyclonal antibody competitive direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. A significant correlation (r=0.72; P=0.0001) was found between the incidence ofF. graminearum and the contamination with deoxynivalenol. Storage time (2vs 4 months after stocking) had a significant positive effect (r=0.39; P=0.013) on the level of fumonisin B1. This is the first report of the natural occurrence of these mycotoxins in maize in Cameroon.  相似文献   

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The hypothesis that enrichment of the foliage with nitrogen and potassium may enhance host resistance toAlternaria and thus reduce disease severity, was examined for potato and tomato (A.solani) and for cotton (A.macrospora). First, the activity of urea (CO(NH2)2) and the salts NH4NO3, (NH4)2S04, KNO3, KCl, K2SO4 and KH2P04 againstA. solani andA. macrospora was determinedin vitro; each of the compounds tested had a weak inhibitory effect on spore germination of A.solani (ED50 > 1000 μg/l) and on mycelial growth of both A.macrospora andA. solani (ED50 > 10,000 μg/l). Next, the effect of foliar application of selected nutrients onA. solani andA. macrospora was evaluatedin vivo on detached leaves of tomato and cotton. The diameter of A.solani lesions on leaves sampled from tomato plants treated with KNO3 was significantly smaller (by 56.5%) than that recorded on leaves sampled from untreated plants.A. macrospora severity on leaves sampled from cotton plants treated with urea was significantly lower than that observed on untreated leaves (70.8% reduction) but KNO3 did not affect disease severity significantly. The following step was to examine the effects of foliar application of urea and KNO3 onAlternaria development in field experiments, two with potato and one with cotton. Foliar application of both nutrients (8-10 sprays in total) did not affectAlternaria severity as compared with the untreated control in any of the experiments. The fungicides chlorothalonil and tebuconazole, on the other hand, significantly suppressed the disease throughout most of the growing season. A mixture of urea or KNO3 with the fungicides did not further improve the effects of the latter when applied alone. Based on these results, it was concluded that foliar application of urea or KNO3 does not affect host response toAlternaria.  相似文献   

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Infestation levels and parasitism of lepidopteran stemborers on maize were assessed in four agroecological zones (AEZ) in Uganda. The indigenous noctuidBusseola fusca Fuller (Noctuidae) and the invasiveChilo partellus Swinhoe (Crambidae) were the most important stemborers recorded.C. partellus represented 77% of the stemborers in the Eastern AEZ whileB. fusca was dominant in the other AEZs, accounting for 60–79%. The proportion of infested plants was between 16% and 45% and borer density between 0.2 and 1.0 borers per plant. There was no clear relationship between damage and stem tunneling, which is often used to estimate yield loss.Telenomus busseolae Gahan (Scelionidae), the only egg parasitoid recovered, caused parasitism of up to 46% onB. fusca eggs. Several larval and pupal parasitoid species were recorded. The most common were the indigenous braconidCotesia sesamiae and the introducedCotesia flavipes, which are larval parasitoids ofB. fusca andC. partellus, respectively. Mean parasitism by the indigenousC. sesamiae ranged between 2.0% and 29.4% onB. fusca and from 0 to 13% onC. partellus. C. flavipes was recovered at most locations with parasitism of 0–30.5% onC. partellus and 0–12% onB. fusca; the latter was probably the result of multiparasitism as laboratory studies have shown that it was not a suitable host forC. partellus. Results indicated further that the parasitoid has not attained equilibrium 5 years after its introduction. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Nov. 20, 2006. Teddy Matama-Kauma died suddenly in an accident on Dec. 10, 2006, while this paper was in press.  相似文献   

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The main viticultural production areas in Spain were surveyed in 1994, 1995 and 1996 for the occurrence and incidence of Grapevine Yellows diseases associated to phytoplasmas. Samples from 300 plants showing symptoms of phytoplasma infection were collected from grapevine fields in the Spanish regions of Aragón, Catalonia and Navarra and analysed by PCR with specific primers for a non-ribosomal DNA of stolbur/Bois Noir (BN) and of Flavescence dorée (FD) phytoplasma. Nested PCR with universal primers P1/P7 and fU5/rU3 was also used. In the survey conducted in 1994 and 1995 only BN/stolbur phytoplasma was detected. The incidence of symptomatic plants was low in five plots of Catalonia from 3% to 18% in 1994 and 1995, respectively, and high in two plots of Navarra, from 60% to 80%. In the survey conducted in 1996 the incidence of symptomatic plants in Catalonia increased (6–80%) due to the presence of FD in five plots in the Northeastern Catalonia. An epidemiological study was carried out in two BN-affected plots of two regions from 1994 to 1997, with the evaluation of potential vectors and of host plants. The stolbur phytoplasma was found in individuals from different insect species belonging to the families Cicadellidae and Delphacidae. Some wild plants naturally infected with stolbur phytoplasma around the infected grapevines were: Convolvulus arvensis, Lavandula officinalis, Polygonum convolvulus, Solanum nigrum, and Thymus officinalis. The incidence of the disease in one BN-infected grapevine plot increased from 3.4% in 1994 to 18.40% in 1997.  相似文献   

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The aim of our study was to identify the causal agent of grey leaf spot disease of maize in southern Africa. Single-conidial cultures were recovered from maize leaves with typical disease symptoms sampled from several fields in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Morphology, cultural characteristics, and a PCR-based test using Cercospora zeae-maydis and C. zeina-specific primer sets identified all single-conidial cultures as C. zeina. In addition, sequence alignment of DNA fragments of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1, ITS2, and the 5.8S gene) and elongation factor 1-α grouped all cultures in the same clade as the C. zeina ex-type culture CBS 118820. To by-pass cultivation of the slow-growing fungus, a rapid method to isolate DNA directly from lesions was successfully applied for PCR identification of C. zeina with species-specific ITS and histone primers. Koch’s postulates were fulfilled for C. zeina by artificially inoculating maize plants in a greenhouse, re-isolating conidia emerging from lesions and verifying pathogen identity with molecular techniques. These results provide evidence that confirms the presence of C. zeina and absence of C. zeae-maydis in commercial maize plantations in southern Africa.  相似文献   

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Grain legume production is of great importance in the world economy, with soybeans being a major agricultural product. Among the main causes of crop losses are diseases caused by pathogens that infect seeds, such as Colletotrichum truncatum, Corynespora cassiicola, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Rhizoctonia solani. The fungicides used are not fully effective in controlling these diseases, and new control options are necessary. Photodynamic inactivation (PDI) may be an alternative. PDI consists of the association of a photosensitizer (PS), light and molecular oxygen aimed at the destruction of microbial cells. Porphyrins and their derivatives are aromatic tetrapyrrolic macrocyclic compounds with photosensitizing capacity. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficiency of PDI in the photoinactivation of C. truncatum, C. cassiicola, S. sclerotiorum and R. solani, using a mixture of cationic meso-tetra-aryl porphyrins as PS, being the first study to consider this formulation as PS in the photoinactivation of these pathogens. Assays were carried out with soybean seeds artificially inoculated with the different fungi, treated with the PS at 10, 50, 100 and 200 μg/ml and submitted to light under an irradiance of 50 mW/cm2. The assays were set up following the blotter test methodology. The evaluations showed significant reductions in the infection rates of the seeds in relation to the controls. The greatest reductions were 46% for C. truncatum, 95.5% for S. sclerotiorum, 87% for C. cassiicola and 92% for R. solani. The results suggest that PDI can be an important alternative to current control methods against these pathogens.  相似文献   

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Studies have been carried out on the efficacy of carbofuran (Furadan 5G) in reducing the incidence of the major insect pests of maize in Nigeria. A single dose of 1.5 kg a.i./ha applied in the planting hole was found to reduce the incidence of spittle bug (Locris Maculata F.) and stem borers (Busseola fusca (Fuller) and Sesamia calamistis (Hmps.)) when compared with split applications of the same dose applied at planting and 40 days after planting. The number of damaged plants was reduced from 40% in the control to 11.7% in the treated plots. Yields of fresh maize cobs were also increased significantly in treated plots. A significant positive correlation was established between the mean number of stem borer larvae and mean percentage damage, and significant negative correlations between the mean yield and mean percentage damage and between the mean yield and mean number of stem borer larvae.  相似文献   

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Inoculation experiments with 14 genotypes of oats (10 cultivars and 4 lines) were performed during 1996, 1997 and 1998 in Sitaniec, South-Eastern Poland. Panicles of oats were inoculated with a conidial suspension of Fusarium avenaceum, which caused a reduction in yield by 33% and in 1000 kernel weight (TKW) by 21%. During the period between inoculation and harvest, F. avenaceum was able to accumulate moniliformin (MON) in kernels at an average level of 0.13mgkg–1 (gg–1). The highest reduction of yield components caused by the F. avenaceum inoculation was found for cv. Santor, followed by lines CHD 1171, STH 2795 and cvs: Kwant and Farys, while cvs Slawko, Dukat, Borys and Komes exhibited the highest resistance to the disease in terms of TKW and yield reductions after inoculation.  相似文献   

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Sclerotinia rot caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is one of the most important diseases of processing tomatoes in Central Brazil. Yield losses in tomato cultivars (cv.) IPA-5 were assessed in mature plants from 1995 to 1997, and related to different disease intensities, in a naturally infested area irrigated by centre pivot. Over the 3 years, there were no differences (Tukey at 5%) in fruit numbers between plants without symptoms (NS) and with intermediate symptoms (IS), which yielded higher numbers than plants with severe symptoms (SS). The greatest reduction in fruit number was 56.8% in 1997. Significant differences were observed in fruit weight and size among NS, IS and SS plants in 1995 and 1997. In 1996, NS and IS plants were similar, but different from SS, which yielded significantly less. Weight and size reductions in SS plants reached 84.3% and 62.0%, respectively, in 1997. In 1996 and 1997, yield losses related to time of symptom appearance and physiological age were also assessed. Significant correlations were found ( P  < 0.01), with nearly total losses observed when plants were infected from early to mid bloom, as opposed to plants infected near harvest, which had lower disease incidence and produced economically acceptable yields. Quadratic and exponential models best fitted the relationship between yield and time of symptom appearance, and yield vs physiological age could be explained by logistic and Gompertz functions.  相似文献   

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Different effects of Acremonium strictum from Cameroon on maize cultivars Ndock 8701, CMS 8704 and CMS 8501 were investigated. Observations of symptoms and re-isolation of the pathogen showed that the disease causes chlorosis, leaf necrosis, stem necrosis, barren plants and wilting symptoms. Reduction in growth and yield is demonstrated. In the cultivar Ndock 8701 the pathogen showed systemic development in the host tissues with inter- and intracellular colonization of the vascular bundle and adjacent tissues including the protoxylem lacuna, xylem vessels, metaxylem, sieve tubes, protophloem and metaphloem. Gels and gums were observed in the maize xylem vessels after fungal invasion and are part of the host defence response. Coloration corresponding to acidic carbohydrates and phenolic compounds was recorded. This is the first demonstration of the pathogenic nature of A. strictum in maize from Cameroon as well as the observation of gels and gums. This pathogen must be regarded as important considering its interaction in maize.  相似文献   

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Leaf spots caused by Alternaria macrospora and A. alternata are common in cotton crops around the world. Both species are, however, usually considered to be minor pathogens of Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) but A. macrospora causes premature defoliation with resulting yield loss in cultivars of G. barbadense in Israel and in the USA. A. macrospora is also able to cause defoliation in Upland cotton if the crop is. predisposed to infection by environmental or physiological stress. In Zimbabwe the main predisposing factor is potassium deficiency. The paper discusses the disease in Zimbabwe against the background of work reported from other countries on its effect on yield and on its epidemiology and control.  相似文献   

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BACKGROUND

Maize production in Africa is hindered by a myriad of biotic challenges, key among them being invasive and native lepidopteran stemborers. Recent invasion of the continent by fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, has further exacerbated the situation. Fortunately, Cotesia icipe was found to be very promising against S. frugiperda. However, the co-occurrence and interaction between S. frugiperda and the stemborers (Busseola fusca, Sesamia calamistis, and Chilo partellus) in maize agroecosystem may jeopardize the efficiency of C. icipe as a biocontrol agent of S. frugiperda. This study investigated the performance of C. icipe on S. frugiperda, Spodoptera littoralis and the stemborers. Specifically, the preference and acceptability of C. icipe to the host insects, the physiological suitability of the hosts for its development, and the effect of these hosts on the fitness parameters of the offspring were assessed.

RESULTS

Cotesia icipe accepted all the tested hosts, albeit with higher preference for Spodoptera species than for stemborers under multiple-choice tests. Also, the highest parasitism of up to 97% was recorded on S. frugiperda compared with parasitism on the stemborers of 43% in B. fusca. Moreover, physiological suitability and fitness traits (except for per cent female offspring) varied with host species, again being optimal on Spodoptera species.

CONCLUSION

Cotesia icipe demonstrated strong potential to control S. frugiperda in maize due to its high affinity for parasitization and developmental success in this host; and despite its non-specific parasitization, the presence of other hosts may not prevent its maximum control of S. frugiperda. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.  相似文献   

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玉米内生菌L10的分离、鉴定及拮抗活性   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  
为获得对玉米茎腐病主要病原菌禾谷镰孢Fusarium graminearum有明显拮抗作用的玉米内生菌,采用平板对峙法从成熟健康玉米茎秆中筛选禾谷镰孢拮抗菌株,并分析其抗菌谱;通过形态特征、生理生化特性及16S rDNA序列分析进行菌种鉴定;利用盆栽生防试验检测其对玉米茎腐病的防治效果。结果表明,共分离获得了164株玉米内生细菌菌株,其中L10菌株对禾谷镰孢具有较好的抑制效果,抑菌圈半径达1.68 cm;该菌对玉米大斑病菌Setosphaeria turcica、层出镰孢F. proliferatum、禾谷镰孢F. graminearum、拟轮枝镰孢F. verticilliodes、玉米弯孢叶斑病菌Curvularia lunata、玉米小斑病菌Bipolaris maydis、立枯丝核菌Rhizoctonia solani、茄链格孢Alternaria solani共8种植物病原菌均有拮抗作用,尤其对禾谷镰孢抑制效果最佳;结合形态特征、生理生化性质及16S rDNA序列分析,将L10菌株鉴定为多粘类芽胞杆菌Paenibacillus polymyxa。L10菌株脂肽类物质对禾谷镰孢菌具有较好的抑制活性,且盆栽生防试验结果显示该菌株对玉米茎腐病具有一定的防治效果。表明菌株L10对玉米镰孢茎腐病的防治具有一定潜力。  相似文献   

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BACKGROUND: Busseola fusca is a major pest of maize in Africa but unfortunately is difficult to control using chemical insecticides. Insect‐resistant transgenic crops may provide an alternative viable strategy to control this pest. RESULTS: Recombinant Cry1Ab (1%) reduced larval weight by 60% over the trial period, while larval weight in the control group increased by 25%; no effects on mortality were observed. Insect survival, developmental rate and pupal and adult weight were significantly reduced (P < 0.05) on maize expressing Cry1Ab (MON810) compared with the non‐transformed parental line. These differences were more pronounced with second‐instar larvae than with third‐instar larvae. Leaf area consumed by Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)‐fed larvae was significantly lower (0.5 cm2 larva?1 day?1) compared with the area consumed by control‐fed insects (3.3 cm2 larva?1 day?1). EM studies revealed that consumption of Bt maize deleteriously affected gut integrity. Effects were observed in columnar cells of the midgut epithelium, with the cytoplasm becoming highly vacuolated; the microvilli were disorganised, the mitochondria were abnormal and there was an increase in the number of lysosomal bodies. The rough endoplasmic reticulum had also become dilated. CONCLUSION: This study confirms the potential for Bt maize, when used as part of an IPM programme, for control of B. fusca. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry  相似文献   

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The Fusarium species complex of maize kernels and stem pieces as well as mycotoxin contamination of commercial grain maize hybrids for animal feed were evaluated in Switzerland. Throughout 2 years, natural Fusarium infection varied significantly between the years and the locations and it ranged from 0.4% to 49.7% for kernels and from 24.2% to 83.8% for stem pieces. Using the agar plate method, 16 different Fusarium species were isolated from kernels and 15 from stem pieces. The Fusarium species composition, prevalence and impact differed between the north and the south and between kernel and stem piece samples. The dominant species on kernels in the north were F. verticillioides (32.9%), F. graminearum (31.3%), F. proliferatum (7.3%) and F. crookwellense (7.1%), in the south F. verticillioides (57.1%), F. subglutinans (24.6%), F. proliferatum (14.8%) and F. graminearum (1.5%) and on stem pieces F. equiseti (36.0%), F. verticillioides (20.1%), F. graminearum (9.5%), F. crookwellense (6.2%) and F. subglutinans (6.2%). In the south, fumonisin concentration of most hybrids exceeded guidance values for animal feed. Other Fusarium species isolated were F. avenaceum, F. culmorum, F. oxysporum, F. poae, F. sambucinum, F. semitectum, F. sporotrichioides, F. solani, F. tricinctum and F. venenatum. Maize hybrids varied in their susceptibility to Fusarium infection. Because of the high diversity of Fusarium species encountered in Switzerland representing a high toxigenic potential, we propose to screen maize hybrids for resistance against various Fusarium species and examine maize produce for several mycotoxins in order to ensure feed safety.  相似文献   

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Field and pot trials were conducted in two sites of northern Greece (Thermi and Lepti) to study selectivity and weed control in maize (Zea mays L.) with herbicide mixtures based on tembotrione. Treatments included tembotrione (plus isoxadifen-ethyl safener) applied alone at 100 g ai/ha and three mixtures of tembotrione with: (i) rimsulfuron at 10 g ai/ha, (ii) nicosulfuron at 40 g ai/ha and (iii) foramsulfuron at 60 g ai/ha (label rates for weed control in maize). Herbicides were applied at the 7- to 8-leaf growth stage of maize in Thermi and at the 6- to 7-leaf growth stage in Lepti. Six weeks after treatment, control of rhizomatous Sorghum halepense with tembotrione alone was 63% in Thermi and 60% in Lepti, with plants showing the typical bleaching symptoms of the HPPD-inhibiting herbicides. Control of rhizomatous S. halepense with the mixtures was improved from 63% to 86% in Thermi and from 60% to 82% in Lepti compared with the single treatment of tembotrione, with plants showing only the symptoms of reddish/purplish color of the ALS-inhibiting herbicides. Control of common broadleaf weeds of maize, such as Xanthium strumarium, Amaranthus retroflexus, Datura stramonium, and Chenopodium album was excellent (92%–100%) either with tembotrione alone or with the mixtures, with plants showing the typical bleaching symptoms of the HPPD-inhibiting herbicides. None of the mixtures affected the ear length and grain yield of maize. All chemical treatments gave higher grain yield than that of the non-treated control and comparable yield to that of the weed-free control. Grass control (Echinochloa crus-galli, E. phyllopogon, and Setaria viridis) with tembotrione alone was above 90% in the pot experiments which was similar to that achieved with the mixtures. Overall, there was an adequate margin of safety in the use of tembotrione in mixture with ALS-inhibiting herbicides for improved weed control in maize, particularly where rhizomatous S. halepense is problematic.  相似文献   

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在甘肃省张掖市甘州区甘浚镇巴吉村连续15 a种植制种玉米基地上,进行了小麦、玉米、蚕豆、豌豆、油菜籽和葵花秸秆发酵还田对制种玉米田土壤肥力质量和玉米品质影响的研究。结果表明：6种发酵秸秆还田后制种玉米田0～20 cm土层容重排序为：小麦秸秆＜玉米秸秆＜豌豆秸秆＜葵花秸秆＜油菜籽秸秆＜蚕豆秸秆,孔隙度、水稳性团聚体和总持水量排序为：小麦秸秆＞玉米秸秆＞豌豆秸秆＞葵花秸秆＞油菜籽秸秆＞蚕豆秸秆。制种玉米田pH值排序为：小麦秸秆＜玉米秸秆＜葵花秸秆＜油菜籽秸秆＜蚕豆秸秆＜豌豆秸秆,CEC、有机质、速效氮磷钾、微生物数量、酶活性和制种玉米产量排序为：小麦秸秆＞玉米秸秆＞葵花秸秆＞油菜籽秸秆＞蚕豆秸秆＞豌豆秸秆。小麦秸秆与玉米秸秆、葵花秸秆、油菜籽秸秆、蚕豆秸秆和豌豆秸秆比较,碱解氮分别增加0.87%、3.51%、6.23%、8.07%和9.93%,速效磷分别增加2.20%、2.51%、6.45%、6.67%和7.57% ,速效钾分别增加1.98%、3.12%、4.59%、6.12%和6.40%,细菌数量分别增加3.66%、4.70%、11.03%、14.29%和19.54%,放线菌数量分别增加7.28%、8.87%、17.55%、27.01%和36.42%,蔗糖酶活性分别提高0.74%、3.70%、6.56% 、12.16%和13.41%,脲酶活性分别提高6.59% 、10.23%、16.16%、25.97%和30.20%, 磷酸酶活性分别提高3.67% 、5.16% 、7.62% 、8.26%和10.88%, 多酚氧化酶活性分别提高4.35% 、9.09%、30.91%、41.18%和50.00%,制种玉米产量分别增加2.03% 、3.17%、5.33%、6.36%和8.49%。 制种玉米可溶性糖、淀粉和粗蛋白含量排序为：小麦秸秆＞玉米秸秆＞油菜籽秸秆＞葵花秸秆＞豌豆秸秆＞蚕豆秸秆。小麦秸秆与玉米秸秆、油菜籽秸秆、葵花秸秆、豌豆秸秆和蚕豆秸秆比较,可溶性糖含量分别增加2.02%、7.75%、13.25%、18.52%和23.10%,淀粉含量分别增加2.05%、3.11%、6.28%、10.70%和14.13%,粗蛋白含量分别增加1.01%、5.11%、12.56%、13.41%和16.77%。施肥利润和肥料投资效率排序为：小麦秸秆＞玉米秸秆＞葵花秸秆＞油菜籽秸秆＞蚕豆秸秆＞豌豆秸秆。小麦秸秆与玉米秸秆、葵花秸秆、油菜籽秸秆、蚕豆秸秆和豌豆秸秆比较,制种玉米施肥利润分别增加 0.09、0.16、0.25 、0.31、0.40万元·hm-2,肥料投资效率分别增加0.17、0.40、0.58 、0.77、0.97元·元-1。因此,在玉米制种基地上推广小麦秸秆发酵还田,有利于解决土壤肥力质量下降、制种玉米产量和品质低而不稳的问题。  相似文献   

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The susceptibility of intercrop species (Raphanus sativus, Brassica juncea, B. rapa, Sinapis alba and Phacelia tanacetifolia) to the sugar beet pathogen Rhizoctonia solani was investigated in vitro, in the greenhouse and in the field with artificial inoculation. Disease severity in subsequently cultivated sugar beet was monitored in the field. Differences in susceptibility between species were found to be consistent in all experimental systems. All intercrop species were susceptible to R. solani. Brassica rapa and R. sativus were less susceptible than P. tanacetifolia. Compared to fallow, the cultivation of B. rapa and R. sativus reduced disease severity in subsequently grown sugar beet (median ratings of up to 3·0 and 3·5, respectively, depending on environmental conditions). This resulted in higher white sugar yield compared to fallow (up to 210% and 157% for B. rapa and R. sativus, respectively). This study demonstrates that in vitro and greenhouse resistance tests are suitable systems to predict the effects of intercrop species susceptibility in the field on disease severity and white sugar yield in subsequently grown sugar beet. Intercrop breeding programmes might profit from fast and efficient screening tests to provide Rhizoctonia‐resistant intercrops as an additional control measure against R. solani in sugar beet.  相似文献   

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A survey was conducted to gain insight into the perceptions of Lesotho's farmers with regard to insect pests of maize and sorghum, to identify management practices that could impact on stalk-borer numbers and to shed light on other farming practices such as variety selection and crop residue management. Field studies were conducted to determine the incidence and distribution of Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae in sorghum and maize residues and to determine the effect of certain crop residue management practices on stalk-borer survival. Results indicated that farmers regard stalk-borers as important pests that sometimes need to be controlled. However, most farmers never apply control measures, mainly due to lack of resources. Residues of maize and sorghum plants are largely used as animal fodder with maize being cut and fed to animals after harvest. Sorghum crop residues are largely left on fields after harvest to be used by free-grazing animals. While stacks of maize stalks were not important in the winter survival of B. fusca larvae, stacking of sorghum ensures winter survival of C. partellus larvae. Detasselling of maize plants is commonly done at plant senescence and the upper halves of plants are fed to animals. Detasselling of maize plants had no effect on the number of borer larvae in plants at harvest.  相似文献   

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Interference of Sinapis arvensis L. (wild mustard) and Chenopodium album L. (lamb's-quarters) in spring rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) was studied under field conditions in 1983 and 1984. Both weed species interfered with rapeseed early in the growing season, causing significant reductions in rapeseed dry weight by June of each year. Sinapis arvensis caused greater rapeseed grain yield reductions than did C. album. With weed densities of 20–80 plants m?2, rapeseed grain yield reductions ranged from 19 to 77% with S. arvensis but only 20 to 25% with C. album. Rapeseed yield reductions caused by mixtures of both weed species ranged from being less than to being equal to the sum of reductions caused by each weed alone, depending on the weed density and year of study. Both weed species were prolific seed producers capable of returning large quantities of seed to the soil. With weed densities ranging from 10–80 plants m?2, S. arvensis produced 5700–30 100 seeds m?2 while C. album produced 3100–63 600 seeds m?2.  相似文献   

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