Uncovering the environmental conditions required for Phyllachora maydis infection and tar spot development on corn in the United States for use as predictive models for future epidemics

Abstract Phyllachora maydis is a fungal pathogen causing tar spot of corn (Zea mays L.), a new and emerging, yield-limiting disease in the United States. Since being first reported in Illinois and Indiana in 2015, P. maydis can now be found across much of the corn growing regions of the United State...

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Main Authors: Richard W. Webster, Camila Nicolli, Tom W. Allen, Mandy D. Bish, Kaitlyn Bissonnette, Jill C. Check, Martin I. Chilvers, Maíra R. Duffeck, Nathan Kleczewski, Jane Marian Luis, Brian D. Mueller, Pierce A. Paul, Paul P. Price, Alison E. Robertson, Tiffanna J. Ross, Clarice Schmidt, Roger Schmidt, Teryl Schmidt, Sujoung Shim, Darcy E. P. Telenko, Kiersten Wise, Damon L. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44338-6