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_bEAS No. 5
100 1 _aAdenle, V.
_uMaize Productivity Gains through Research and Technology Dissemination. Proceedings of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Maize Conference, 5; Arusha (Tanzania); 3-7 Jun 1996
110 2 _aCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico DF (Mexico)
245 0 0 _aDowny mildew diseases of maize in Nigeria
260 _aAddis Ababa (Ethiopia)
_bCIMMYT :
_c1997
340 _aPrinted
520 _aAnother downy mildew of the genus Peronosclerospora on maize has now been isolated in Nigeria, but the downy mildew disease of maize, caused by Peronosclerospora sorghi, is presently the most damaging maize disease in Nigeria. The maize strain of the pathogen is thought to survive during the dry season on maize cultivated in hydromorphic valleys in southwestern Nigeria. Kernels harvested from a heavily infected farmer's field were subjected to histological studies which clearly revealed the presence of mycelium in the endosperm, scutellum, and near the embryo of the maize kernels. Two susceptible maize varieties and a cultivar of sweet corn have been observed for further evidence of internally seed-borne P. sorghi viz: (1) Pool-16, (2) Funtua-88TZSR-W (3) Sweet corn (Golden bantam). Peronosclerospora sorghi mycelia were observed in the kernels of the three. Most Nigerian small-scale farmers buy seed from the local market or use their saved seed. When the seed is not properly dried, mycelium may remain viable and could be a source of primary infection. Inoculum within seeds is an important means by which many pathogens reach areas hitherto free from disease. Seed-borne mycelium could be one mode of survival of this pathogen and it could account for the recent sporadic spread of downy mildew in southwestern Nigeria. The risk of transmitting maize downy mildew via living mycelium in dried seed is currently being investigated.
546 _aEnglish
591 _a9801|AGRIS 9702
593 _aJose Juan Caballero
595 _aCPC
650 1 0 _aDisease control
650 1 0 _aMildews
650 1 0 _aNigeria
650 1 7 _aPlant diseases
_gAGROVOC
_2
_91206
653 0 _aCIMMYT
650 1 0 _91314
_aZea mays
_gAGROVOC
700 1 _aCardwell, K.F.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aRansom, J.K.|Palmer, A.F.E.|Zambezi, B.T.|Mduruma, Z.O.|Waddington, S.R.|Pixley, K.V.|Jewell, D.C.
_eeds.
942 _cPRO
999 _c9538
_d9538