Probabilities for profitable fungicide use against gray leaf spot in hybrid maize

ABSTRACT Gray leaf spot, caused by the fungus Cercospora zeae-maydis, causes considerable yield losses in hybrid maize grown in the north-central United States and elsewhere. Nonchemical management tactics have not adequately prevented these losses. The probability of profitably using fungicide application as a management tool for gray leaf spot was evaluated in 10 field experiments under conditions of natural inoculum in Iowa. Gray leaf spot severity in untreated control plots ranged from 2.6 to 72.8% for the ear leaf and from 3.0 to 7.7 (1 to 9 scale) for whole-plot ratings. In each experiment, fungicide applications with propiconazole or mancozeb significantly reduced gray leaf spot severity. Fungicide treatment significantly (P 相似文献   

水稻窄条斑病及其种子传病与药剂防治

水稻窄条斑病是浙江杭州地区的新病害,本研究从症状识别、种子传病及防治药剂测试三方面入手对该病害进行研究。结果表明,通过对光观察病斑透明度,观察有无菌脓及喷菌现象可有效地将水稻窄条斑病与水稻细菌性条斑病区分开;水稻窄条斑病种子可带菌传病,传病率因品种和种子来源不同而异;25%丙环唑EC和50%多菌灵WP对水稻窄条斑病均有较好防效,其中以25%丙环唑EC有效成分用量150g/hm2为最佳,防效达68.73%。     

长期不同施肥措施对三大土类中钾素平衡的研究

在黄褐土、潮土、砂姜黑土三大土类区,进行了不同施肥措施对土壤中钾素盈缺的研究,结果表明：不同施肥处理由于作物产量的不同造成土壤中钾素的盈缺差异,在施肥措施相似条件下,由于土壤类型不同,土壤中钾素的盈缺地同样存在差异;在不施肥处理中３种土壤钾素亏缺顺序为潮土〉砂姜黑土〉黄褐土。在不施钾肥条件下,单一施用氮、磷肥或低氮、磷肥配施造成土壤中钾素的亏缺小于高氮磷肥配施的条件下造成的亏缺。在施用钾肥条件下,     

不同杀菌剂对苹果炭疽叶枯病的防治效果

为了筛选出防治苹果炭疽叶枯病的有效杀菌剂, 采用室外先接种后施药和先施药后接种的方法, 测试了6种药剂的内吸治疗效果和8种药剂的保护效果。在病菌侵染后的72 h内使用吡唑醚菌酯, 或在病菌侵染后的24 h内使用咪鲜胺对病斑的显症有一定的治疗效果。波尔多液在喷施后18 d, 对炭疽叶枯病菌侵染的抑制效果仍达50%, 肟菌?戊唑醇、烯酰?吡唑酯和唑醚?代森联3种药剂在施药后的第11天, 其保护效果与对照仍有显著差异, 持效期达11 d, 代森锰锌、甲基硫菌灵、氢氧化铜和咪鲜胺4种保护剂的持效期只能维持6 d。炭疽叶枯病的防治应以波尔多液为主, 并与吡唑醚菌酯等有机杀菌剂交替使用, 有机铜制剂不能替代波尔多液。     

Yield Reduction in Wheat in Relation to Leaf Disease From Yellow (tan) Spot and Septoria Nodorum Blotch

Yellow or tan spot (caused by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis) and septoria nodorum blotch (caused by Phaeosphaeria nodorum) occur together and are a constraint to wheat yields in Australia. Recently, higher crop yields and lower fungicide costs have made fungicides an attractive management tool against these diseases. Yield-loss under different rates of progress of yellow spot and septoria nodorum blotch was examined in four experiments over three years to define the relationship between disease severity and yield. In these experiments, differences in disease were first promoted by inoculations either with P. tritici-repentis-infected stubble or aqueous spore suspensions of P. nodorum. Disease progress was further manipulated with foliar application of fungicide. The pattern of disease development varied in each year under the influence of different rainfall patterns. The inoculation and fungicide treatments produced differences in disease levels after flag leaf emergence. The infection of yellow spot or septoria nodorum blotch caused similar losses in grain yield, ranging from 18% to 31%. The infection by either disease on the flag or penultimate leaf provided a good indication of yield-loss. Disease severity on flag leaves during the milk stage of the crop or an integration of disease as area under the disease progress curve on the flag leaves based on thermal time explained more than 80% variance in yield in a simple regression model. The data provided information towards the development of disease management strategies for the control of septoria nodorum blotch and yellow spot.     

The effect of timing of fungicide applications on control of frogeye leaf spot and grain yield of soybeans

Soybean cultivar Samsoy 1, and the breeding lines TGx 849-313D and TGx 996-26E, grown in a field with a heavy epidemic of frogeye leaf spot caused byCercospora sojina, were treated with double foliar applications of the fungicide benomyl. The treatments were made using four application schedules at six different growth stages, starting from V₃ (fully developed leaves, beginning with trifoliate nodes) to R₅ (beginning seed_, to determine the effect of the fungucide timing on frogeye leaf spot severity, soybean grain yield and grain quality. Generally, applications at R₁ (beginning bloom) and R₃ (beginning pod) significantly (P<-0.05) reduced disease severity in the 2 susceptible genotypes, Samsoy 1 and TGx 849-313D. Plot yields of these genotypes were also significantly greater than the untreated controls when the fungicide applications were made at R₁ and R₃. There was no significant difference in diseave severity or grain yield, between the untreated control and the different times of application, on the resistant genotype TGx 996-26E. Improved seed germination and lower levels of seed infection byC. sojina occurred for all fungicide timings in the susceptible genotypes. The results suggest that fungicide spraying initiated at R₁ and followed up at R₃ is most effective in frogeye leaf spot control and can also result in higher grain yields, than applications made earlier or later in the season. Control of frogeye leaf spot, however, is best achieved by growing resistant cultivars.     

防治玉米叶斑病高效药剂筛选及药剂减施增效技术

为有效防治玉米小斑病和弯孢叶斑病并减少化学农药使用量,本研究采用菌丝生长速率法从11种杀菌剂中选取抑菌效果较好的8种药剂进行田间小区药效试验。同时选取对两种叶部病害兼具防效的最佳药剂再与中量元素水溶肥、腐植酸、氨基寡糖素、芸苔素内酯等产品混配开展田间药效试验,确定该药剂田间施用浓度和增效组合。结果显示,各供试药剂对2种病菌菌丝生长具有不同的抑制作用,其中25%丙环唑EC、25%戊唑醇WP、40%氟硅唑EC、30%氟菌唑WP、12.5%烯唑醇WP在供试各浓度下对2种病菌抑制率均为100%,田间小区药效筛选测定中,25%戊唑醇WP防治效果最好,对玉米小斑病和弯孢叶斑病两种叶部病害防效分别为81.07%和72.22%。田间试验中,25%戊唑醇WP防治玉米小斑病和弯孢叶斑病的最佳施用浓度为2 000倍液,防效分别为59.48%和53.96%。在减量50%情况下防效有所下降,配施氨基寡糖素后,防效可提高37.40百分点和22.98百分点,与最佳施用浓度防效相当,达到了减药增效的作用。     

Optimierte Strategien zur Krankheitsbekämpfung in der Gerste unter Berücksichtigung neuer Erkenntnisse zur Epidemiologie des Blattfleckenkomplexes

The leaf spot complex constitutes an increasing challenge for integrated pest control in barley. The complex consists of biotic and abiotic factors causing early ripening after a rapid loss of green leaf area, in particular in upper, exposed leaves. Severe symptoms appear late in the growing season after heading. The experience from recent years shows that the control of the leaf spot complex improves yield. Best control is achieved by new, effective fungicides. Efficiency is improved by late fungicide application and is dose-dependent. In contrast, late treatments provide poor control of early appearing diseases. For a successful disease control in barley good efficiency in the control of the leaf spot complex appears based on a sufficient control of the other diseases. For optimization of disease control, we require improved knowledge of the epidemics of the leaf spot complex and of the contribution of individual biotic and abiotic factors. Besides the weather, the fungal pathogen Ramularia collo-cygni and its photodynamic toxins play a mayor role in symptom development. By combination of conventional and molecular diagnostics we aim at a better understanding of the complex as a basis for early and reliable prediction of epidemics. Because non fungicidal factors like the physiological plant age play a significant role in the occurrence of the leaf spot complex, they should be taken into account for integrated control.     

Epidemiology in Relation to Methods for Forecasting Light Leaf Spot (Pyrenopeziza brassicae) Severity on Winter Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus) in the UK

Pyrenopeziza brassicae, cause of light leaf spot of oilseed rape, has a complex polycyclic life cycle. It can be difficult to control light leaf spot in winter oilseed rape in the UK since it is not easy to optimise fungicide application timing. Early autumn infections are usually symptomless and recognisable lesions do not develop until the epidemic has progressed further by the spring. Light leaf spot often has a patchy distribution in winter oilseed rape crops and estimation of disease incidence can be difficult. There is evidence that epidemics are initiated primarily by ascospores produced from apothecia that survive the summer inter-crop period on infected debris. Subsequent development of the epidemic during the winter and spring is maintained by rain-splashed conidia that spread light leaf spot from initial foci. Understanding the relative roles of ascospores and conidia in the light leaf spot life cycle is crucial for forecasting epidemic severity and developing control strategies. The current web-based regional forecast system provides an autumn forecast of the incidence of light leaf spot that can be expected the following spring. This is based on survey data which assesses the occurrence of disease the previous July, and weather factors, such as deviations from summer mean temperature and winter rainfall. The forecast can be updated throughout the autumn and winter and includes crop-specific elements so that growers can adjust risks by inputting information about cultivar, sowing date and fungicide use. Crop-specific forecasts can be confirmed by assessing the incidence of light leaf spot. Such assessments will become easier when immunodiagnostic methods for detection of the disease become available. Incorporation of information on spore biology (e.g. apothecial maturation, ascospore release and infection conditions) is considered as a component of the interactive, continuously updated, crop-specific, web-based forecasts which are needed in the future.     

Effect of the new pyrazole carboxamide fungicide penthiopyrad on late leaf spot and stem rot of peanut

BACKGROUND: Management of early leaf spot (Cercospora arachidicola Hori.), late leaf spot [Cercosporidium personatum (Berk. & MA Curtis) Deighton] and stem rot (Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.) of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) in the southeastern USA is heavily dependent upon sterol biosynthesis inhibitor (SBI) and quinone outside inhibitor (QoI) fungicides. Effective new fungicides with different modes of action could improve overall disease control and extend the utility of the current fungicides. Penthiopryad is a pyrazole carboxamide fungicide being evaluated for use on peanut. Field experiments were conducted from 2004 to 2007 to determine the effect of a range of rates (0–0.36 kg AI ha^?1) of penthiopyrad on leaf spot and stem rot and the relative efficacy of penthiopyrad and current fungicide standards chlorothalonil, tebuconazole and azoxystrobin. RESULTS: Leaf spot control in plots treated with penthiopyrad at 0.20 kg AI ha^?1 or higher was similar to or better than that for the chlorothalonil standard. The incidence of stem rot for all penthiopyrad treatments was usually less than that for the tebuconazole or azoxystrobin standard treatments. Pod yields for all penthiopyrad treatments were similar to or higher than those for the respective standards. CONCLUSION: Penthiopyrad has excellent potential for management of late leaf spot and stem rot of peanut, and may complement current SBI and QoI fungicides. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry     

Fungicide responses of maize hybrids to grey leaf spot

Grey leaf spot disease of maize (Cercospora zeaemaydis) has seriously decreased grain yields in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and has spread to infect maize in neighbouring provinces. No commercial hybrids, resistant to the disease have so far been identified, and fungicides have been shown to reduce disease severity. The response of sixty-four commercial hybrids to grey leaf spot under fungicide treatment were studied over two seasons. Overall, fungicides reduced disease severity and linear regression of gain in yield against disease severity enables the identification of hybrids with optimum responses to fungicides. Under low disease levels hybrids responded less to fungicides than under high disease levels. The most susceptible hybrids had the highest responses in control of leaf-blighting and gain in yield. Hybrids with lower-than-predicted leaf-blighting also had lower-than-predicted yield responses, indicating these to be less susceptible to grey leaf spot. These less susceptible hybrids are likely to require fewer fungicide treatments than more susceptible hybrids and are at lesser risk of serious yield losses.Abbreviations GLS grey leaf spot - AUDPC area under disease progress curve     

Effects of Angular Leaf Spot and Rust on Yield Loss of Phaseolus vulgaris

ABSTRACT Three field experiments were conducted in 1997, 1998, and 1999 to investigate the effects of angular leaf spot and rust, separately or combined, on host growth and yield of individual bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris). In each experiment, three treatments were established by inoculating cv. Carioca with Phaeoisariopsis griseola, Uromyces appendiculatus, or with both pathogens. An additional control treatment was not inoculated, but was sprayed with a fungicide. In the 1997 and 1999 experiments, angular leaf spot reached higher disease levels than rust, whereas in 1998, rust was more severe than angular leaf spot. Host growth, expressed as healthy leaf area duration (HAD), and yield were the highest in 1997 and lowest in 1998. In each experiment, the treatments did not differ significantly to the area under leaf area progress curve, HAD, and healthy leaf area absorption (HAA). All inoculated treatments had significantly more severe disease and less yield than the control treatment. Based on the analysis of 60 plants in each experiment, yield was not related to the areas under disease progress curve for either or both diseases. In 1997 and 1999, yield was related to HAD (R(2) = 0.57 and 0.43) and HAA(R(2) = 0.60 and 0.55). Based on the combined analysis of all 36 plots, angular leaf spot reduced the leaf area because of defoliation, whereas rust did not affect the leaf area. Rust reduced yield more than four times that of angular leaf spot, although the decrease in photosynthesis to angular leaf spot was twice that of rust.     

75%肟菌·戊唑醇水分散粒剂对玉米大斑病和灰斑病的防治效果

为了更好地防治玉米大斑病和灰斑病,于2013年和2014年采用75%肟菌·戊唑醇水分散粒剂对其进行了两年田间试验。结果表明,75%肟菌·戊唑醇水分散粒剂各处理对玉米大斑病的防效与对照药剂70%丙森锌可湿性粉剂有效成分用量1 050g/hm~2的处理防效相当;对玉米灰斑病,75%肟菌·戊唑醇水分散粒剂有效成分用量168.75和225g/hm~2处理的防效显著高于对照药剂70%代森锰锌可湿性粉剂有效成分用量2 250g/hm~2的防效。第2次药后14d对玉米大斑病两年的防治效果分别为61.9%~79.7%和66.2%~83.7%;对玉米灰斑病两年的防效分别为67.0%~78.9%和69.5%~84.2%。此外,75%肟菌·戊唑醇水分散粒剂对玉米还有显著的保产效果,采用75%肟菌·戊唑醇水分散粒剂225g/hm~2防治玉米大斑病,两年挽回产量损失分别为6.0%~9.2%和6.1%~13.2%;防治玉米灰斑病,两年挽回产量损失分别为1.7%~8.9%和13.6%~18.1%。本研究结果显示,75%肟菌·戊唑醇水分散粒剂是在生产中防治玉米大斑病和灰斑病的优良药剂。     

Differential effects of spot blotch on photosynthesis and grain yield in two barley cultivars

Barley spot blotch (SB), caused by Cochliobolus sativus, is an important barley disease which causes extensive grain yield losses. These losses may not always correlate directly with the amount of diseased leaf area. Two barley cultivars, Quebracho (susceptible to SB) and Carumbé (with intermediate susceptibility to SB), were compared in field experiments in 2003, 2004 and 2006. Plots of each cultivar were either inoculated with C. sativus or protected with fungicide under field conditions to generate contrasting treatments: i) diseased, and ii) free of disease, respectively. SB severity over the growing season, photosynthetic rate on leaves with no visible symptoms and grain yield were assessed for each treatment and year. There was no treatment effect on cv. Carumbé, while cv. Quebracho showed a significant yield reduction, even though SB severity during the grain filling period was <10 %. This yield reduction was associated with a reduced photosynthetic rate at the beginning of the grain filling period in cv. Quebracho. A similar experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions, adding a treatment without inoculum or fungicide. There were no differences in photosynthetic rate or grain yield per plant among treatments. These results suggest a distinct physiological response to SB infection among cultivars affecting leaf photosynthetic rate, and SB severity may not be the best estimator of yield losses caused by SB.     

Cultivar mixtures for the simultaneous management of multiple diseases: tan spot and leaf rust of wheat

ABSTRACT Because of differences in life histories between Puccinia triticina, a highly specialized, polycyclic, windborne pathogen with a shallow dispersal gradient, and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, a residue-borne pathogen with a steep dispersal gradient, wheat mixtures are expected to be more effective at controlling leaf rust than tan spot. The objectives of this research were to determine the effect of two-cultivar mixtures with varying proportions and different pathogen resistance profiles on the severity of tan spot and leaf rust, to evaluate yield of the mixtures in the presence or absence of disease, and to directly compare the relative effectiveness of cultivar mixing for tan spot versus leaf rust. In a field experiment at two sites in Kansas over two growing seasons, winter wheat cvs. Jagger and 2145, which have differential resistance reactions to leaf rust and tan spot, each were planted in proportions of 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00. Plots were inoculated with each pathogen alone, both pathogens, treated with a fungicide, or exposed to ambient conditions. For both diseases for all siteyears, severity decreased substantially on the susceptible cultivar as the proportion of that cultivar decreased in mixture. Mixtures were significantly more effective at reducing leaf rust than tan spot in three of four site-years. Mixtures generally yielded the same as the weighted mean of components in monoculture although, in two of three site-years, at least one fungicide-treated and one diseased mixture each yielded higher than expected values. Although this particular mixture produced only modest yield benefits, the potential for simultaneous reductions in tan spot and leaf rust was demonstrated.     

Evidence for an Osmotic Mechanism in the Control of Powdery Mildew Disease of Wheat by Foliar-applied Potassium Chloride

The mechanism by which foliar application of potassium chloride solution reduces symptoms of powdery mildew disease (Erysiphe graminis f.sp. tritici) of wheat was investigated. The hypothesis that potassium chloride reduces mildew by an osmotic effect on spore germination was tested in three glasshouse experiments. Either potassium chloride solution or the osmoticum polyethylene glycol 200 was sprayed on wheat at the three- or four-leaf stage. The plants were inoculated with spores and spore germination and leaf area affected by mildew were assessed. Leaf water potential was determined as a measure of the osmotic effect of the treatments. Spore germination and leaf area affected by mildew were related to leaf water potential using regression analysis in groups on the data averaged over the three experiments. Both spore germination on the leaf and leaf area affected by mildew were reduced as leaf water potential decreased. There was no difference between potassium chloride or polyethylene glycol in the relationship between spore germination and leaf water potential, but polyethylene glycol was slightly less effective at reducing mildew symptoms at any given leaf water potential. The results are compatible with the hypothesis that potassium chloride reduces symptoms of powdery mildew by an osmotic effect on spore germination.     

Predicting light leaf spot (Pyrenopeziza brassicae) risk on winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in England and Wales, using survey, weather and crop information

Data from surveys of winter oilseed rape crops in England and Wales in growing seasons with harvests in 1987–99 were used to construct statistical models to predict, in autumn (October), the incidence of light leaf spot caused by Pyrenopeziza brassicae on winter oilseed rape crops the following spring (March/April), at both regional and individual crop scales. Regions (groups of counties) with similar seasonal patterns of incidence (percentage of plants affected) of light leaf spot were defined by using principal coordinates analysis on the survey data. At the regional scale, explanatory variables for the statistical models were regional weather (mean summer temperature and mean monthly winter rainfall) and survey data for regional light leaf spot incidence (percentage of plants with affected pods) in July of the previous season. At the crop scale, further explanatory variables were crop cultivar (light leaf spot resistance rating), sowing date (number of weeks before/after 1 September), autumn fungicide use and light leaf spot incidence in autumn. Risk of severe light leaf spot (> 25% plants affected) in a crop in spring was also predicted, and uncertainty in predictions was assessed. The models were validated using data from spring surveys of winter oilseed rape crops in England and Wales from 2000 to 2003, and reasons for uncertainty in predictions for individual crops are discussed.     

杀菌剂银泰对5种植物病害的药效试验

银泰是以银杏中具有生物活性的化学物质的结构为先导化合物，采用人工模拟技术创新合成的一种农用杀菌剂，田间对5种植物病害的药效试验证明：对苹果腐烂病、苹果轮纹病、番茄灰霉病、玉米大斑病及小麦纹枯病均具有良好的防治效果，且优于常用的杀菌剂。     

Field Resistance to Strobilurin (Q(o)I) Fungicides in Pyricularia grisea Caused by Mutations in the Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene

ABSTRACT Gray leaf spot caused by Pyricularia grisea is a highly destructive disease of perennial ryegrass turf. Control of gray leaf spot is dependent on the use of preventative fungicide treatments. Strobilurin-based (Q(o)I) fungicides, which inhibit the cytochrome bc(1) respiratory complex, have proven to be very effective against gray leaf spot. However, in August 2000, disease was diagnosed in Q(o)I-treated perennial ryegrass turf on golf courses in Lexington, KY, Champaign, IL, and Bloomington, IL. To determine if resistance was due to a mutation in the fungicide target, the cytochrome b gene (CYTB) was amplified from baseline and resistant isolates. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an intronless coding region of 1,179 bp. Isolates that were resistant to Q(o)I fungicides possessed one of two different mutant alleles, each of which carried a single point mutation. The first mutant allele had a guanine-to-cytosine transition at nucleotide position +428, resulting in a replacement of glycine 143 by alanine (G143A). Mutant allele two exhibited a cytosine-to-adenine transversion at position +387, causing a phenylalanine-to-leucine change (F129L). Cleavable amplified polymorphic sequence analysis revealed that neither mutation was present in a collection of baseline isolates collected before Q(o)I fungicide use and indicated that suspected Q(o)I- resistant isolates found in 2001 in Indiana and Maryland possessed the F129L mutation. The Pyricularia grisea isolates possessing the G143A substitution were significantly more resistant to azoxystrobin and trifloxystrobin, in vitro, than those having F129L. DNA fingerprinting of resistant isolates revealed that the mutations occurred in just five genetic backgrounds, suggesting that field resistance to the Q(o)I fungicides in Pyricularia grisea is due to a small number of ancestral mutations.     

Impact of intercropping on epidemics of groundnut leaf spots: defining constraints and opportunities through a 7‐year field study

Plant diversity can have a profound impact on disease dynamics, with important applications for enhancing sustainability. Disease is often reduced by intercropping, but variability can be high. This study investigated integration of several management approaches to stabilize this variability for early leaf spot (ELS) and late leaf spot (LLS) of groundnut, over seven seasons in three phases. In phase 1, monocrops and alternating row and strip intercrops with maize were artificially inoculated with ELS in an area with little groundnut production. Reductions in AUDPC of 37–73% in strip treatments compared to monocrops prompted testing of the efficacy of intercropping in intensive production areas for phases 2 and 3. Additional treatments included cotton strip intercrops, and integration of intercropping with reduced fungicide treatments and partial resistance to leaf spots. In phase 2, the use of cotton strip intercrops lowered natural ELS epidemics by 25–41% (AUDPC) through delayed disease onset, but maize had inconsistent effects. Intercropping was not effective against LLS, which dominated in phase 3. Reduced fungicide regimes and partial resistance lowered disease, and in one case interacted with intercropping to enhance disease suppression. Groundnut yields generally were inversely proportional to disease levels and not significantly reduced by intercropping. Separate studies to determine maize impacts on ELS infection implicated disruption of dispersal as the mechanism of disease reduction. This work demonstrates that intercropping may be most effective where low levels of ELS are present, using strip patterns with cotton, and combined with other tools such as resistance and reduced fungicide application.