Effective chemical protection against the maize late wilt causal agent, Harpophora maydis, in the field.

Late wilt, a disease severely affecting maize fields throughout Israel, is characterized by relatively rapid wilting of maize plants before tasseling and until shortly before maturity. The disease's causal agent is the fungus Harpophora maydis, a soil-borne and seed-borne pathogen, which is cur...

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Main Authors: Ofir Degani, Shlomit Dor, Daniel Movshowitz, Eyal Fraidman, Onn Rabinovitz, Shaul Graph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208353