Effects of loose smut on Digitaria sanguinalis population depending on seedling emergence period
Effects of loose smut on Digitaria sanguinalis population depending on seedling emergence period
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DOI:
10.1016/j.actao.2009.01.009
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发表时间:
2009-05-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Verdu, Antoni M. C.
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作者:
Gallart, Montserrat;Teresa Mas, M.;Verdu, Antoni M. C.
Fungal plant pathogens can impact oil host fitness, The effects of the systemic Smut fungus Ustilago syntherismae on the morphology, growth and fecundity of the Digitaria sanguinalis population at the end of its annual cycle were assessed during two Consecutive years considering the emergence time of host individuals (cohorts). U. syntherismae had an important impact on the D. sanguinalis population, because most of the infected plants (97.2%) were totally castrated. Smut fungus significantly reduced aboveground biomass (61.5%), height (23.7%) and the number of basal shoots (15.5%) and increased the number of nodes (12.9%), ramifications (52.4%) and inflorescences (16.7%) of tile individuals. in view of the fact that the cohort was a significant source of variation in the percentage of diseased plants in the second year of study, our results do not support tile idea that smutted plants appear earlier in tile season. because tile time of seedling emergence was not a factor that constrained tile disease incidence. (C) 2009 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved,