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Journal articles on the topic "Stalk rot"
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Gatch, E. W., and G. P. Munkvold. "Fungal Species Composition in Maize Stalks in Relation to European Corn Borer Injury and Transgenic Insect Protection." Plant Disease 86, no. 10 (October 2002): 1156–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis.2002.86.10.1156.
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The maize stalk rot complex is comprised of several fungal pathogens, including Gibberella zeae, Colletotrichum graminicola, Stenocarpella maydis, and several members of the genus Fusarium. The European corn borer (ECB) (Ostrinia nubilalis) can contribute to stalk rot development by creating entry wounds and by serving as a vector of some stalk rot pathogens, particularly Fusarium verticillioides. Transgenic insect protection of maize hybrids with insecticidal proteins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis greatly reduces ECB injury and may therefore alter the species composition and diversity of the stalk rot complex. Field experiments were conducted in 1998, 1999, and 2000 to compare the species composition and diversity of fungi infecting stalks of Bt and non-Bt maize hybrids. Hybrids representing five Bt types (or “events”) and their near-isogenic non-Bt counterparts were subjected to manual and natural infestations with ECB larvae. Stalk tissue samples were cultured to determine fungal species composition. At least one species was isolated from nearly every stalk and from both diseased and symptomless tissues. G. zeae was the most common species in 1998 and 1999, but C. graminicola was most common in 2000. The mean proportions of stalks infected with F. verticillioides, F. proliferatum, and F. subglutinans were significantly lower in Bt hybrids than in non-Bt hybrids in 2 of the 3 years. Conversely, the mean proportion of stalks infected with G. zeae was higher in some Bt hybrids than their non-Bt counterparts in two of the three years. F. verticillioides was more likely to be isolated from ECB-injured tissue, whereas G. zeae and C. graminicola were more likely to be isolated from tissue not associated with ECB injury. The overall species diversity of the stalk rot complex was lower in some Bt hybrids compared with their non-Bt counterparts in 1998 and 1999. ECB activity appeared to alter fungal species composition in stalks, reflecting the association between ECB injury and specific stalk rot pathogens, particularly F. verticillioides. The species composition of fungi infecting stalks of Bt hybrids differed from that of non-Bt hybrids, but the implications of this result are not yet clear.
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Kang, M. S. "A comparative study of pith cell death in stalk internodes of corn grown on organic and conventional fields." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 1, no. 4 (1986): 165–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0889189300001259.
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AbstractA few farmers in the Midwest produce corn (Zea mays L.) commercially by using organic methods, i.e., use no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Studies have been conducted previously on organic vs. conventional fields to compare yield, soil properties, stalk lodging and rot, and crude protein. However, pith cell death in stalk internodes, an important trait related to stalk lodging and stalk rot, has not been studied previously under organic and conventional management systems. Fertility differences exist between organically-managed and conventionally-managed fields which can influence pith cell death and related traits. This study was conducted to compare pith cell death in corn stalks on matched pairs of organic and conventional fields (2 in Illinois, 2 in Iowa, and 1 in Minnesota). For the four lowermost consecutive internodes above the brace roots examined in this study, there was no consistent pattern for pith cell death differences among pairs. In three of five pairs, the second internode pith cell death was higher on organic fields than on conventional fields. The same pattern was observed for the third stalk internode. Numbers of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner) were less in the stalks on organic plots, a plausible cause for greater stalk lodging and rot resistance on organically-managed fields. Further study of pith cell death and stalk rot relationship under organic and conventional managements is needed to elucidate fertility relations and other unique factors at work on organic and conventional fields. It appears that while there are some factors that affect pith cell death, stalk rot, and stalk lodging similarly, there may be other factors that affect these three traits differentially.
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Li, Lina, Qing Qu, Zhiyan Cao, Zhengyu Guo, Hui Jia, Ning Liu, Yanhui Wang, and Jingao Dong. "The Relationship Analysis on Corn Stalk Rot and Ear Rot According to Fusarium Species and Fumonisin Contamination in Kernels." Toxins 11, no. 6 (June 5, 2019): 320. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11060320.
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Fusarium diseases, including corn root rot, sheath rot, stalk rot, and ear rot are frequently occurring in maize producing areas of China. Fusarium stalk rot and ear rot are the most serious diseases and often occur at the same time, but it is unclear whether there is a correlation between Fusarium composition and disease occurrence. This study was conducted to clarify the relationship between the two diseases. A total of 49 corn stalk rot samples were collected from 15 regions of eight provinces in China from 2016 to 2018. The pathogens were isolated and identified separately from stalks, ear stems, and kernels. The contents of the fumonisins (FB1 and FB2) were detected in kernels. The results showed that the main Fusarium species were found in corn kernels, ear stems and stalks at the same time. The results showed that 1201 strains of Fusarium verticillioides, 668 strains of Fusarium oxysporum, 574 strains of Fusarium graminearum species complex (FGSC), 318 strains of Fusarium equiseti, 95 strains of Fusarium proliferatum, and 40 strains of Fusarium subglutinans were isolated from 1470 corn kernels, 245 ear stems, and 1225 stalks randomly selected from 49 samples. The contamination rate of fumonisins in the 49 samples was 57.1% with an average content of 1.9 μg/g, of which four samples exhibited higher levels as set by the European Commission (4.0 μg/g). These results provide a certain association between stalk rot and ear rot and lay a foundation to study the relationships among Fusarium maize diseases.
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Quesada-Ocampo, L. M., J. Al-Haddad, A. C. Scruggs, C. R. Buell, and F. Trail. "Susceptibility of Maize to Stalk Rot Caused by Fusarium graminearum Deoxynivalenol and Zearalenone Mutants." Phytopathology® 106, no. 8 (August 2016): 920–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/phyto-09-15-0199-r.
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Fusarium graminearum is a destructive pathogen of cereals that can cause stalk rot in maize. Stalk rot results in yield losses due to impaired grain filling, premature senescence, and lodging, which limits production and harvesting of ears. In addition, mycotoxins can make infected tissues unfit for silage. Our objectives were to evaluate the natural variation in stalk rot resistance among maize inbreds, to establish whether deoxynivalenol (DON)- and zearalenone (ZEA)-deficient strains are pathogenic on a panel of diverse inbreds, and to quantify the accumulation of DON in infected stalk tissue. Wild-type F. graminearum and mycotoxin mutants (DON and ZEA) were used to separately inoculate stalks of 9-week-old plants of 20 inbreds in the greenhouse. Plants were evaluated for lesion area at the inoculation point at 0, 2, 14, and 28 days postinoculation and tissues around lesions were sampled to determine the DON content. Regardless of their ability to produce DON or ZEA, all tested F. graminearum strains caused stalk rot; however, significant differences in disease levels were detected. Among the tested inbreds, Mp717 was resistant to all three F. graminearum strains while Mp317 and HP301 were only partially resistant. Accumulation of DON was significantly lower in infected stalks of the resistant and partially resistant inbreds than the susceptible inbreds. Analysis of the 20 inbreds using data from 17 simple-sequence repeats revealed population structure among the individuals; however, there was no association between genetic clustering and stalk rot resistance. These findings are an additional step toward breeding maize inbreds suitable for planting in fields infested with F. graminearum.
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Dalmacio, Samuel C., Tomas R. Lugod, Emmanuel M. Serrano, and Gary P. Munkvold. "Reduced Incidence of Bacterial Rot on Transgenic Insect-Resistant Maize in the Philippines." Plant Disease 91, no. 4 (April 2007): 346–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-91-4-0346.
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In the Philippines and parts of Southeast Asia, Asian corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis) is a serious pest of maize, and injury from this insect often is associated with the occurrence of bacterial stalk and ear rot (caused by Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae). The effect of transgenic insect protection on the incidence of bacterial stalk and ear rot was studied in the Philippines with seven field trials in Mindanao and two trials in Laguna. Three transgenic hybrids (expressing Bt protein Cry1Ab) and their conventional near-isogenic counterparts were included in Mindanao, and one transgenic/conventional hybrid pair was used in Laguna (Los Banos). In the Mindanao trials, bacterial stalk rot was rated on a 1 to 9 scale approximately 2 weeks before harvest, while in Laguna, bacterial rot mortality and bacterial ear rot incidence were assessed 10 days before and at harvest, respectively. In all trials, the number of Asian corn borer tunnels was assessed by splitting stalks at harvest. Results of the trials showed significant differences between the transgenic hybrids and their conventional counterparts in terms of bacterial stalk and ear rot incidence, number of Asian corn borer tunnels, and yield. Transgenic hybrids invariably showed significantly lower bacterial stalk rot mortality and ear rot incidence, no Asian corn borer infestation, and higher yield compared with their conventional counterparts. Average yield advantage of transgenic hybrids ranged from 1.2 to 5.1 t/ha. Results confirm the important role of Asian corn borer in the initiation and spread of bacterial stalk and ear rot in maize; hence, the use of transgenic insect-resistant hybrids will have an added value in areas where this disease is prevalent.
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Wilson, J. P. "Fungi Associated with the Stalk Rot Complex of Pearl Millet." Plant Disease 86, no. 8 (August 2002): 833–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis.2002.86.8.833.
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Stalk rot is frequently observed in maturing, rust-infected pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum). Fungi were isolated from internal stalk tissue, and their association with node discoloration and rust infection at different stages of plant maturity was determined to gain a greater understanding of stalk rot etiology. In 1995, stalk rot was observed in a breeding population of pearl millet. Stalks of 10 rust-infected plants were collected on each of three dates during grain fill. Frequency of symptomatic, discolored nodes was higher in the later sampling dates. Stalk sections from 119 discolored nodes were surface sterilized and plated onto agar media. Fungi most frequently isolated from symptomatic nodes were Bipolaris setariae (isolated from 47% of discolored nodes), Fusarium semitectum (28.6%), and F. moniliforme sensu lato (23.5%). Isolation frequency of these fungi differed (P < 0.05) with sampling date. In 1996 and 1997, the hybrid HGM 100 was evaluated at two dates of planting in each year. Ten stalks were sampled at each of four growth stages: panicle emergence, stigma emergence, milk, and hard dough. A total of 140 stalks was assessed for rust severity and for internal stalk discoloration at the nodes. The frequency of discolored nodes increased with plant maturation and was correlated (P < 0.01) with severity of rust infection. All nodes were plated on an agar medium, and a total of 1,512 isolates from 30 fungal genera or species were isolated from the 1,540 nodes of the sampled stalks. F. moniliforme was isolated most frequently (isolated from 23.5% of all nodes). Frequency of isolation of F. moniliforme from nodes within stalks increased with advancing maturity in the earlier dates of planting, but was not correlated with rust infection. B. setariae (isolated from 9.2% of all nodes) was more frequently isolated from plants at the dough stage in three plantings, and was correlated (P < 0.01) with rust severity. Trends in the frequency of isolation of other fungi were inconsistent between planting dates or among growth stages. Frequency of isolation of F. semitectum (isolated from 11.0% of all nodes) and Alternaria spp. (6.9% of all nodes) was correlated (P < 0.05) with rust severity. Frequency of isolation of Curvularia spp. (isolated from 7.0% of all nodes) was negatively correlated (P < 0.05) with rust severity. Isolation of Alternaria spp. and B. setariae was more frequently associated with node discoloration than was isolation of the other fungi. Stalk rot of pearl millet is the result of a complex of several fungi whose incidence was influenced by rust infection, plant maturation, and environmental factors associated with differences among years and dates of planting.
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Csaba Szőke, István Virág, Donát Magyar, Ferenc Rácz, and Csaba L. Marton. "Studies on the Fusarium stalk rot infection of the maize genotypes using the Findex percentage and a computerised image analysis program." Acta Agraria Debreceniensis, no. 43 (October 30, 2011): 45–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/43/2636.
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In a continental climate, the pathogens causing the most serious problems are species belonging to the Fusarium genus. When the pathogen attacks the stalk, the plant dies earlier, reducing grain filling and resulting in small, light ears. In addition, the stalks break or lodge, resulting in further yield losses from ears that cannot be harvested. During the three years of the experiment, 14 inbred lines were examined. The genotypes were sown in a two-factor split-plot design with four replications, with the genotypes in the main plots and four treatments in the subplots: two Fusarium graminearum isolates (1. FG36, 2. FGH4), 3. sterile kernels, 4. untreated control. The results experiments showed significant differences between the genotypes for resistance to fusarium stalk rot. Among the inbred lines the best resistance to fusarium stalk rot was exhibited by P06 and P07, both of which were related to ISSS. The precision and sensitivity of disease evaluations carried out visually and using image analysis software were compared in the experiment, and with two exceptions the CV values were lower for the image analysis. As the CV for measurements can be considered as a relative error, it can be stated that image analysis is the more precise of the two methods, so this technique gives a more accurate picture of the extent of stalk rot. The extent of stalk rot developing in response to natural infection is extremely environment-dependent, so the use of artificial inoculation is recommended for selection trials.
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Bandara, Y. M. A. Y., D. K. Weerasooriya, T. T. Tesso, and C. R. Little. "Stalk Rot Fungi Affect Leaf Greenness (SPAD) of Grain Sorghum in a Genotype- and Growth-Stage-Specific Manner." Plant Disease 100, no. 10 (October 2016): 2062–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-02-16-0171-re.
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Stalk rots are among the most prevalent and destructive sorghum diseases worldwide. Although experimental evidence is limited, delayed postflowering senescence due to the staygreen trait is accepted as a physiological means of stalk rot resistance. Staygreen has been shown to be correlated with chlorophyll content (as measured by a soil and plant analytical development [SPAD] meter). Field experiments were conducted to test the effects of Fusarium stalk rot and charcoal rot on SPAD readings at three developmental stages, to test whether staygreen genotypes are more resilient to stalk-rot-mediated chlorophyll degradation, and to examine the relationships between SPAD and stalk rot resistance and tolerance when plants were inoculated with causal organisms. Staygreen and nonstaygreen lines (two) and hybrids (two) established in the field were inoculated with Fusarium thapsinum, F. proliferatum, F. andiyazi, and Macrophomina phaseolina at 14 days after flowering. SPAD readings were obtained at soft-dough, hard-dough, and physiological maturity. Most pathogens significantly reduced the SPAD of the genotypes over the mock-inoculated control at three developmental stages. The stalk-rot-resistant and staygreen check line, SC599, showed a remarkable feature of negative senescence from soft dough to physiological maturity under disease pressure. Disease severity was significantly and negatively correlated with SPAD at all developmental stages, revealing the potential impact of the staygreen trait on stalk rot resistance. The difference between control and pathogen-treated total seed weight per panicle (i.e., tolerance) was significantly and positively correlated with the difference between control and pathogen-treated SPAD at physiological maturity, demonstrating the ability of staygreen trait to enhance stalk rot tolerance under disease pressure.
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Jirak-Peterson, Jennifer C., and Paul D. Esker. "Tillage, Crop Rotation, and Hybrid Effects on Residue and Corn Anthracnose Occurrence in Wisconsin." Plant Disease 95, no. 5 (May 2011): 601–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-11-10-0837.
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Corn anthracnose (Colletotrichum graminicola) is an important disease of field corn (Zea mays). Two phases, leaf blight and stalk rot, can reduce yield through either premature leaf senescence or reduced grain harvest due to stalk lodging. Corn residue is an important source of primary inoculum and is increased through cultural practices such as no-tillage and continuous corn cropping, which are common practices in Wisconsin. Field studies conducted at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station (ARS) and the West Madison ARS showed that the incidence and severity of anthracnose leaf blight were higher in continuous-corn crop rotations than in soybean–corn rotations (91% higher incidence, 24 to 78% higher severity). Anthracnose stalk rot was marginally affected by tillage in 2008 (P = 0.09), with higher incidence in chisel-plowed treatments. There was a positive association between spring residue cover and anthracnose leaf blight but no association was found between residue and stalk rot. No association was found between anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot. There was a negative association between anthracnose leaf blight and yield but not between anthracnose stalk rot and yield. Managing residue levels through crop rotation would help to reduce anthracnose leaf blight but further work is needed to elucidate factors that lead to stalk lodging prior to harvest.
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Bandara, Y. M. A. Y., T. T. Tesso, S. R. Bean, F. E. Dowell, and C. R. Little. "Impacts of Fungal Stalk Rot Pathogens on Physicochemical Properties of Sorghum Grain." Plant Disease 101, no. 12 (December 2017): 2059–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-02-17-0238-re.
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Stalk rot diseases are among the most ubiquitous and damaging fungal diseases of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) worldwide. Although reports of quantitative yield losses to stalk rots are available, the impact of stalk rot on grain quality attributes is unknown. This study was conducted to test whether stalk rot diseases could affect grain mineral (N, P, K; Ca, Mg, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn) and macronutrient (protein, fat, and starch) content, ash content, and physical traits (unit grain weight, hardness, and diameter). A field experiment was conducted in 2013 and 2014 with four sorghum genotypes (two hybrids and two lines). Plants from each genotype were inoculated with four stalk rot pathogens (Fusarium andiyazi, F. proliferatum, F. thapsinum, and Macrophomina phaseolina) and mock-inoculated with phosphate-buffered saline (control). Grains collected from infected and control plants were analyzed for macronutrient and ash content using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy, grain hardness and diameter using the single-kernel characterization system, and mineral content using the Rapid Flow Analyzer (Model RFA-300 for N) and inductively coupled plasma spectrometer (for P, K, Ca, Mg, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn). Although stalk rot pathogens significantly reduced unit grain weight, they did not significantly affect grain hardness and diameter and, therefore, may not affect milling quality. Pathogens significantly reduced all macronutrient and most mineral contents across genotypes and environments on a per-unit-grain basis, except N and Mg, which were affected in a genotype- and environment-specific manner, and Fe, which was not significantly affected. Most minerals tested were significantly and negatively correlated with disease severity (lesion length) and total grain weight per panicle. The hybrid tested (Pioneer 84G62) exhibited reduced mineral and macronutritional changes after stalk rot infection, providing insights into the possibility of producing high-yielding, nutritionally stable hybrids under stalk rot disease pressure through dedicated breeding efforts.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Stalk rot"
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Saleh, Amgad A. "Genetics of stalk-rot fungi in Egypt /." Search for this dissertation online, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ksu/main.
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Adeyanju, Adedayo. "Genetic study of resistance to charcoal rot and Fusarium stalk rot diseases of sorghum." Diss., Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17559.
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Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Agronomy
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Fusarium stalk rot and charcoal rot caused by Fusarium thapsinum and Macrophomina phaseolina respectively are devastating global diseases in sorghum that lead to severe quality and yield loss each year. In this study, three sets of interrelated experiments were conducted that will potentially lead to the development of resistance based control option to these diseases. The first experiment was aimed at identifying sources of resistance to infection by M. phaseolina and F. thapsinum in a diverse panel of 300 sorghum genotypes. The genotypes were evaluated in three environments following artificial inoculation. Out of a total of 300 genotypes evaluated, 95 genotypes were found to have resistance to M. phaseolina and 77 to F. thapsinum of which 53 genotypes were resistant to both pathogens. In the second experiment, a set of 79,132 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) markers were used in an association study to identify genomic regions underlying stalk rot resistance using a multi-locus mixed model association mapping approach. We identified 14 loci associated with stalk rot and a set of candidate genes that appear to be involved in connected functions controlling plant defense response to stalk rot resistance. The associated SNPs accounted for 19-30% of phenotypic variation observed within and across environments. An analysis of associated allele frequencies within the major sorghum subpopulations revealed enrichment for resistant alleles in the durra and caudatum subpopulations compared with other subpopulations. The findings suggest a complicated molecular mechanism of resistance to stalk rots. The objective of the third experiment was to determine the functional relationship between stay-green trait, leaf dhurrin and soluble sugar levels and resistance to stalk rot diseases. Fourteen genotypic groups derived from a Tx642 × Tx7000 RIL population carrying combinations of stay-green quantitative trait loci were evaluated under three environments in four replications. The stg QTL had variable effects on stalk rot disease. Genotypes carrying stg1, stg3, stg1,3 and stg1,2,3,4 expressed good levels of resistance to M. phaseolina but the combination of stg1 and stg3 was required to express the same level of resistance to F. thapsinum. Other stg QTL blocks such as stg2 and stg4 did not have any impact on stalk rot resistance caused by both pathogens. There were no significant correlations between leaf dhurrin, soluble sugar concentration, and resistance to any of the pathogens.
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Obopile, Motshwari. "INTERACTIONS AMONG MAIZE PHENOLOGIES, TRANSGENIC BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS MAIZE AND SEED TREATMENT FOR MANAGEMENT OF PESTS AND DISEASES OF MAIZE." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243020914.
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Venard, Claire Marie-Pierre. "THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLETOTRICHUM GRAMINICOLA INSIDE MAIZE STALK TISSUES." UKnowledge, 2006. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/439.
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Colleotrichum graminicola is the causal agent of anthracnose stalk rot, and is one of the most common and aggressive pathogens of maize. The goal of my Ph.D. project was to contribute to a better understanding of the biology of the interaction between C. graminicola and its host. C. graminicola produces two type of asexual spores: one is produced on the surface of infected tissues and is thought to be involved in the spread of the disease in the field. The second type of spore, oval in shape, is produced inside the infected plant tissues, and was believed to be involved in the movement of the pathogen inside the plant tissues via the vascular system. I tested this hypothesis with both cytological and molecular approaches. I used strains of C. graminicola expressing green fluorescent proteins (GFP) to inoculate wounded plants, and followed the development of the pathogen over time. This study revealed that C. graminicola is not a vascular pathogen. C. graminicola primarily moved through the rind and vascular fibers. Oval spores were produced in colonized parenchyma cells and remained dormant, and did not appear to be involved in the movement of the pathogen, at least during the early stages of the disease development. I also studied pathogen ingress in the absence of a wound. I inoculated unwounded plants with the GFP expressing strains. C. graminicola efficiently colonized the epidermis and, given enough time, penetrated and colonized the deeper parenchyma tissues, after first moving through the fibers. To further test the role of sporulation in colonization of maize tissues, I used targeted mutagenesis to disrupt a major gene known to regulate sporulation and vegetative growth in several other fungi. The gene Cgg1, orthologue of the A. nidulans fadA, was disrupted using the split marker method. The Cgg1 mutants were less pathogenic than the wildtype to wounded plants. This was associated with an apparent increase in production of spores and primary infection hyphae. This suggests that Cgg1 signaling pathway plays a role in maximizing colonization of host tissues, and that this involves negative regulation of sporulation and primary hyphae production in planta.
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Godoy, Jayfred Gaham Villegas. "Sorghum improvement as biofuel feedstock: juice yield, sugar content and lignocellulosic biomass." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9254.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Agronomy
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Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is listed as one of the potential feedstock sources for biofuel production. While sorghum grain can be fermented into ethanol in a similar way as maize, the greatest potential of the crop is based on its massive biomass and sugar rich juices. Thus development of the crop as alternative energy source requires improvement of these traits. The objectives of this study were (1) to determine the mode of inheritance of traits related to ethanol production and identify suitable genetic sources for use in breeding programs, and (2) to evaluate the potential of low lignin mutations for biomass feedstock production and assess biotic stress risks associated with deployment of the mutations. The study consisted of three related experiments: (i) estimating the combining ability of selected sweet and high biomass sorghum genotypes for biofuel traits and resistance to stalk lodging, (ii) determine the impact of brown mid-rib mutations on biofuel production and their reaction to infection by Macrophomina phaseolina and Fusarium thapsinum, and (iii) assess the reaction of low lignin mutants to green bug feeding. In the first experiment six sorghum genotypes of variable characteristics (PI193073, PI257602, PI185672, PI195754, SC382 and SC373) were crossed to three standard seed parent lines ATx3042, ATx623 and ATx399. The resulting hybrids and the parents were evaluated at four locations, three replications during 2009 and 2010 seasons. Data were collected on phenology, plant height, juice yield, °brix score and biomass production. In the second experiment, two brown mid-rib mutations (bmr6 and bmr12) and their normal versions were studied in four forage sorghum backgrounds (Atlas, Early Hegari, Kansas Collier and Rox Orange). The experiment was planted in four replications and at 14 d after flowering five plants in a plot were artificially infected with F. thapsinum and another five with M. phaseolina. The plants were harvested and rated for disease severity (lesion length and nodes crossed). Another five normal plants in each plot were harvested and used to determine biofuel traits (juice yield, ºbrix score and biomass). In the third experiment, a subset of entries evaluated in experiment II and three tolerant and susceptible checks were tested for greenbug feeding damage. Biotype K greenbug colony was inoculated to each genotype using double sticky foam cages. Feeding damage was assessed as percent chlorophyll loss using SPAD meter. There was significant general combining ability (GCA) effect among the male entries for juice yield, stem obrix and biomass production indicating that these traits are controlled by additive genes. Lines PI257602 and PI185672 in particular, had the highest GCA for all the traits and should serve as excellent breeding materials. There was no significant difference among the bmr mutants and between the bmr and normal genotypes for both stalk rot and greenbug damage. In conclusion, juice yield, °brix and biomass are largely controlled by additive genes and hence are amenable to genetic manipulation. The bmr mutations despite their impact on lignin content do not increase risk of attack by stalk rot pathogens and greenbugs and thus can be deployed for biofuel production without incurring losses to these factors.
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Meloche, François. "Fusarium stalk rot incidence in maize, Zea mays L., in relation to the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) infestation, genotype maturity and eastern Ontario climatic gradient." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/nq21008.pdf.
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Meloche, François. "Fusarium stalk rot incidence in maize, Zea mays L., in relation to the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner) infestation, genotype maturity and eastern Ontario climatic gradient." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4377.
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Development of maize, Zea mays L., germplasm resistant to the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner) and Fusarium fungal pests has been in progress for more than three decades as a worldwide cooperative effort. Some of the host plant resistance to the European corn borer and Fusarium has been attributed to the phytochemical product 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone. However, it has been shown that seasonal weather impacts concurrently on maize development, corn borer and Fusarium phenology. It was hypothesized that some of the maize resistance to both pests depended directly on climatological conditions. In the United States, genotype selection for first generation borer resistance is achieved during June infestations using leaf feeding assessment. In Canada, first selection began at the silk stage of plant development in July. The second genotype selection is conducted at grain harvest in October by plant dissections. The larval population, number of tunnels and tunnel length in the first 30 cm of the stalk above the soil surface were used to differentiate genotype susceptibility to corn borers. Grain moisture was directly correlated with genotype resistance to corn borer. Fungi encountered comprised Fusarium moniliforme, F. graminearum, F. sporotrichioides, F. oxysporum, F. avenaceum, and F. equiseti. Two species, F. moniliforme and F. equiseti, were recovered throughout the season. These fungi were first recovered from pollen caught in the leaf collar sheath. As the leaf sheath of maize is relaxed with plant development, the Fusarium contaminated soil and the pollen run down past the ligule by wind, rain splash, and insect movement to settle within the sheath cavity. Undamage pith samples (by the borer) taken at grain harvest showed sporadic tissue contamination by Fusarium. Oppositely, as the corn borer larvae migrated downward on the plant, they drilled the collar sheath, the stalk rind and dug galleries in the stalk to feed on the pith tissue to complete their development. Consequently, the larvae and borer tunnels were repeatedly contaminated with Fusarium. It was shown that pith tissues were initially colonized by primary fungi such as F. equiseti which initiate pith breakdown; then these fungi were overgrown by more competitive species such as F. moniliforme or F. sporotrichioides. Correlation of the stalk rot incidence to genotype maturity and the stalk rot incidence to grain moisture were both negative and significant; indicating that physiological activity during October protected the stalk against fungi infection. It was hypothesized that genotype maturity based on the heat unit rating (given by companies) or grain moisture at harvest (indicator of genotype maturity) were the two common factors related to Fusarium stalk rot resistance. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Querales, Pastora Josefina. "Caracterização morfológica e genética de Fusarium spp. isolados de sementes e associados à podridão do colmo do milho (Zea mays L.)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11135/tde-03082010-092742/.
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O gênero Fusarium é um grupo de fungos de importância mundial, não só por causar patologias em plantas, mas também porque abriga espécies toxigênicas. Dentre estas, Fusarium verticillioides, Fusarium proliferatum e Fusarium subglutinans, cujos teleomorfos se agrupam no complexo Gibberella fujikuroi, estão associadas a patologias em milho. O presente estudo caracterizou uma coleção de 100 isolados de Fusarium spp. tanto do ponto de vista morfológico como molecular com vistas a identificá-los em nível de espécie. Para isto, foram usados como marcadores morfológicos a presença/ausência de clamidósporos, o tipo de célula conidiogênica e a disposição dos microconídios sobre a célula conidiogênica. Os isolados foram também identificados em espécie baseado em informações disponíveis na literatura acerca de marcadores moleculares desenvolvidos a partir da reação de PCR e primers espécie-específicos. A ausência de clamidósporo permitiu alocar a totalidade dos isolados no complexo G. fujikuroi. Os demais critérios morfológicos permitiram identificar 77 isolados como F. verticillioides, 20 como F. proliferatum, 2 como F. subglutinans. Apenas 1 isolado não foi possível identificar em espécie. Análises moleculares concordaram em 100% dos casos em que os isolados foram identificados como F. verticillioides e F. subglutinans. Porem, no caso dos 20 isolados identificados morfologicamente como F. proliferatum apenas 4 foram confirmados na análise molecular; os demais foram identificados como F. verticillioides. A diversidade genética estudada por AFLP ratificou a separação das espécies F. verticillioides e F. proliferatum, com um índice de similaridade de 0,40. Marcadores AFLP também evidenciaram alta diversidade genética de F. verticillioides. Todos os isolados causaram podridão do colmo em três híbridos comerciais de milho e não variaram em agressividade, independente do nível de resistência dos híbridos.The genus Fusarium is an important group of fungi worldwide, not only for its capability to cause disease but because it also contains species which produce toxins. Among these, Fusarium verticillioides, Fusarium proliferatum and Fusarium subglutinans, which teleomorphs are grouped in the Gibberella fujikuroi group are associated with diseases in maize. This study characterized a collection of 100 isolates of Fusarium spp. under morphological and molecular criteria to identify them at the species level. For this purpose, morphological markers such as presence/absence of chlamydospores, conidiogenou cell type and microconidia arrangement on conidiogenou cell were assessed. The isolates were also identified at the species level based upon available information about molecular markers developed from the PCR reaction using speciesspecific primers. The absence of chlamydospores in all of the isolates placed them within the G. fujikuroi complex, and based on the other morphological criteria, 77 isolates were identified as F. verticillioides, 20 as F. proliferatum, 2 as F. subglutinans and one isolate remained unidentified at the species level. The molecular analyses agreed with the morphological identification of all F. verticillioides and F. subglutinans. However, in the case of 20 isolates identified morphologically as F. proliferatum only 4 were confirmed, the rest being identified as F. verticillioides. The genetic diversity based on AFLP confirmed the separation of F. verticillioides and F. proliferatum in two groups, with a similarity index of 0.40. AFLP markers also showed high genetic diversity within F. verticillioides. All isolates were caused stalk rot on three commercial hybrids and did not vary in aggressiveness regardless of the resistance level of the hybrids.
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Fortes, Nara Lúcia Perondi [UNESP]. "Efeito da incorporação do lodo de esgoto sobre a fusariose do milho." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/105427.
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O trabalho objetivou verificar os fatores químicos e microbiológicos do lodo de esgoto e do solo responsáveis pela incidência da podridão do colmo do milho, causada por Fusarium em solo fertilizado com lodo, e foi desenvolvido em condições de campo, numa área que vem sendo tratada com lodo e cultivada com milho desde 1999 em latossolo vermelho distróférrico (textura argilosa), localizada no município de Jaguariúna/SP. Os dois lodos utilizados foram obtidos nas Estações de Tratamento de Esgoto de Franca e de Barueri/SP. Os lodos foram incorporados ao solo nas concentrações de 0, 1, 2, 4 e 8 vezes a dose recomendada com base no teor de nitrogênio, em dois cultivos sucessivos de milho (Savana 133S) nas safras 2001/2002 e 2002/2003, em parcelas de 200 m2. As doses de lodo foram comparadas com a adubação mineral recomendada para a cultura do milho. Os tratamentos foram distribuídos em delineamento experimental casualizado em blocos e com três repetições. Foram verificadas, nas safras de 2001/2002 e 2002/2003, diferenças significativas entre as doses de lodo de esgoto, sobre a variação de Fusarium spp. no solo, na rizosfera, na raiz, no colmo e na semente, bem como sobre a incidência de plantas com podridão no colmo e nas espigas. As análises de regressão mostraram que a porcentagem de plantas doentes foi positivamente correlacionada com a concentração dos lodos incorporados ao solo. Os coeficientes de determinação para o cultivo de 2001/2002 foram de R2=0,61 e R2=0,32, enquanto para o cultivo de 2002/2003 foram de R2=0,76 e R2=0,45, para os lodos de Franca e Barueri, respectivamente. As concentrações de lodos também apresentaram correlação positiva com a comunidade de Fusarium do solo e da rizosfera e com a incidência de Fusarium na raiz, no colmo e na semente. As correlações entre a comunidade de Fusarium do solo e da rizosfera e o percentual de plantas... .
This work aimed at verifying the chemical and microbiological sewage sludge and soil factors re 0sponsible for the incidence of the corn stalk rot caused by Fusarium in soil fertilized with sludge and has been developed in field conditions, in an area that has been treated with sludge and cultivated with corn since 1999, in red dystroferric latosol (clayey texture), in Jaguariúna/SP. Both sludges used were obtained in the sewage sludge treatment stations of Franca and Barueri/SP. Sludges were incorporated into the soil in concentrations of 0, 1, 2, 4 and 8 times in relation to the recommended rate based on the nitrogen contents, in two successive corn cultures (Savana 133S), in 2001/2002 and 2002/2003, in plots of 200 m2. Sludge doses were compared to the mineral fertilization recommended to the corn culture. The treatments were distributed in a randomized design experimental drawing in blocks and with three repetitions. Significant differences were verified in both 2001/2002 and the 2002/2003 crops among the sewage sludge doses about the variation of Fusarium spp. in soil, root, stalk and seed, as well as about the incidence of plants with stalk and corn rot. The regression analyses have showed that the percentage of diseased plants was positively correlated to the concentration of the sludges incorporated to the soil. The determination coefficients to the 2001/2002 culture were R2=0.61 and R2=0.32, while the 2001/2003 culture showed R2=0.76 and R2=0.45, to Franca and Barueri sludges, respectively. The sludges concentrations also presented positive correlation with the Fusarium community of the soil and the rhizosphere, and with the incidence of Fusarium in the root, stalk and seed. The correlations between the Fusarium community of the soil and rhizosphere and the percentage of diseased plants with chemical soil attributes were significant and positive, for both kinds of sludges, in the level of 1 and 5%, to phosphorus and calcium contents.
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Durigon, Miria Rosa. "Fatores da produção de milho em função da adubação orgânica e de Trichoderma spp." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2012. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/5061.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorThe expansion of area under maize (Zea mays L.), and the use of no-till without a proper crop rotation have increased the incidence of stalk rot on this crop, due to the survival of this disease-causing pathogens (Fusarium spp., Diplodia spp., Colletotrichum graminicola, among others) in soil and crop residues. Fertilization has shown positive effect on the crop, but little is known about its relation to these pathogens and the organisms that control them. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of short and long-term of organic and mineral fertilizers and the effect of treatment of corn seeds with Trichoderma spp. Persson on the population of total fungi, Fusarium spp., and Trichoderma spp. in the soil and the production of dry matter (DM), accumulation of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) in the tissue and grains, the incidence of stalk rot and corn yield. The experiment was conducted at the experimental area of the Soils Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, which has a history of six years application of organic and mineral fertilizers, and consisted in a factorial 5 (fertilization treatments) X 2 (seeds treatment) with split-plot in strips, using the randomized block design. The fertilization treatments (pig slurry; swine deep bedding; cattle slurry; mineral fertilizer; control treatment) were applied to the plots and the seeds treatment (with and without Trichoderma spp.) in the subplots (strips). It was used the hybrid Pioneer ® 30F53 Y, with 45 cm row spacing and final population of 78,000 plants per hectare. Soil samples were collected before application of treatments, for chemical analysis, and before and after, to characterize the soil fungal population. In the laboratory, dilution of samples and quantification of the fungi present was performed. At the flowering stage, three corn plants per subplot were collected for the assessment of DM production and nutrient accumulation in the tissue. At physiological maturity stage, the incidence of stalk rot was assessed, and the ears of corn harvested for productivity assessment. Nutrient content in corn kernels was also determined. The organic fertilizers pig slurry and swine deep bedding, in the long-term, increased population of Fusarium spp. in the soil. The organic and mineral fertilizers increased the production of DM and productivity of corn. Trichoderma spp. increased the production of DM of corn, but had no reflection on productivity. Both factors increased the incidence of stalk rot in corn. The swine deep bedding and cattle slurry increased the content of P and K in the tissue of corn plants. It is concluded that: the organic fertilizers can be used to increase the production of DM and productivity of corn and; Trichoderma spp. can be used if the objective is greater DM production.
A expansão da área cultivada com milho (Zea mays L.) e a utilização do plantio direto sem uma rotação de culturas adequada têm aumentado a incidência de podridões de colmo nessa cultura, devido à sobrevivência dos patógenos causadores da doença (Fusarium spp., Diplodia spp., Colletotrichum graminicola, entre outros) no solo e em restos culturais. A adubação tem apresentado efeitos positivos sobre a cultura, mas pouco se sabe sobre sua relação com esses patógenos e os organismos que promovem seu controle. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar o efeito a curto e longo prazos da adubação orgânica e o efeito do tratamento de sementes de milho com Trichoderma spp. sobre a população de fungos totais, Fusarium spp. e Trichoderma spp. no solo e a produção de matéria seca (MS), acúmulo de nitrogênio (N), fósforo (P) e potássio (K) no tecido e nos grãos, a incidência de podridões de colmo e a produtividade de milho. O experimento foi conduzido na área experimental do Departamento de Solos da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, que possui histórico de seis anos de aplicação de adubos orgânicos e mineral, e constituiu-se em um fatorial 5 (tratamentos de adubação) X 2 (tratamento das sementes), com parcelas subdivididas em faixas, sendo utilizado o delineamento blocos casualizados. Os tratamentos de adubação (dejeto líquido de suínos; cama sobreposta de suínos; dejeto líquido de bovinos; adubação mineral; tratamento testemunha) foram aplicados nas parcelas e o tratamento das sementes (com e sem Trichoderma spp.) nas subparcelas (faixas). Foi utilizado o híbrido 30F53 Y, da empresa Pioneer®, espaçamento entre linhas de 45 cm e população final de 78000 plantas por hectare. Amostras de solo foram coletadas antes, para análise química, e antes e após a aplicação dos tratamentos para caracterização da população fúngica do solo. Em laboratório, foi realizada a diluição serial das amostras e quantificação dos fungos presentes. No estádio de florescimento foram coletadas três plantas de milho por subparcela para a avaliação da produção de matéria seca e acúmulo de nutrientes no tecido. No estádio de maturação fisiológica, foram realizadas a avaliação da incidência de podridões de colmo e a colheita das espigas para o cálculo da produtividade. Também foi determinado o teor de nutrientes nos grãos de milho. Os adubos orgânicos dejeto líquido de suínos e cama sobreposta de suínos, em longo prazo, aumentaram a população de Fusarium spp. no solo. Os adubos orgânicos e mineral aumentaram a produção de MS e a produtividade de milho. Trichoderma spp. aumentou a produção de MS de milho, porém não teve reflexo sobre a produtividade. Os adubos orgânicos aumentaram a incidência de podridões de colmo no milho. A cama sobreposta de suínos e o dejeto líquido de bovinos aumentaram o teor de P e K no tecido das plantas de milho. Conclui-se que: os adubos orgânicos podem ser utilizados para aumentar a produção de MS e a produtividade de milho e; Trichoderma spp. pode ser utilizado quando se objetiva maior produção de MS.
Books on the topic "Stalk rot"
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Duwadi, Vrigu Rishi. Integrated management of stalk rot disease (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) of cauliflower in the eastern hills of Nepal. [Chatham]: [University of Greenwich/Natural Resources Institute], 1999.
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The Southern vegetable book: A root-to-stalk guide to the South's favorite produce. New York, NY: Oxmoor House, 2016.
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Vom besten Pferd im Stall zur persona non grata: Paul Ruegger als Schweizer Gesandter in Rom 1936-1942. Bern: Lang, 2005.
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Hawke, Simon. Batman: To Stalk a Specter (Roc). RoC, 1991.
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photographer, McLachlan Clay, ed. Root to stalk cooking: The art of using the whole vegetable. 2013.
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GOVERNMENT, US. Cellulosic Ethanol - Biomass to Biofuels, Wood Chips, Stalks, Switchgrass, Plant Products, Feedstocks, Cellulose Conversion Processes, Research Plans (CD-ROM). Progressive Management, 2007.
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GOVERNMENT, US. 2008 Cellulosic Ethanol - Biomass to Biofuels, Wood Chips, Stalks, Switchgrass, Plant Products, Feedstocks, Cellulose Conversion Processes, Research Plans (CD-ROM). Progressive Management, 2007.
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US GOVERNMENT. 21st Century Complete Guide to Cellulosic Ethanol - Biomass to Biofuels, Wood Chips, Stalks, Switchgrass, Plant Products, Feedstocks, Cellulose Conversion Processes, Research Plans (CD-ROM). Progressive Management, 2007.
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Salinas-Rodríguez, Sergio G., Juan Arévalo, Juan Manuel Ortiz, Eduard Borràs-Camps, Victor Monsalvo-Garcia, Maria D. Kennedy, and Abraham Esteve-Núñez, eds. Microbial Desalination Cells for Low Energy Drinking Water. IWA Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/9781789062120.
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The world's largest demonstrator of a revolutionary energy system in desalination for drinking water production is in operation. MIDES uses Microbial Desalination Cells (MDC) in a pre-treatment step for reverse osmosis (RO), for simultaneous saline stream desalination and wastewater treatment. MDCs are based on bio-electro-chemical technology, in which biological wastewater treatment can be coupled to the desalination of a saline stream using ion exchange membranes without external energy input. MDCs simultaneously treat wastewater and perform desalination using the energy contained in the wastewater. In fact, an MDC can produce around 1.8 kWh of bioelectricity from the energy contained in 1 m3 of wastewater. Compared to traditional RO, more than 3 kWh/m3 of electrical energy is saved. With this novel technology, two low-quality water streams (saline stream, wastewater) are transformed into two high-quality streams (desalinated water, treated wastewater) suitable for further uses. An exhaustive scaling-up process was carried out in which all MIDES partners worked together on nanostructured electrodes, antifouling membranes, electrochemical reactor design and optimization, life cycle assessment, microbial electrochemistry and physiology expertise, and process engineering and control. The roadmap of the lab-MDC upscaling goes through the assembly of a pre-pilot MDC, towards the development of the demonstrator of the MDC technology (patented). Nominal desalination rate between 4-11 Lm-2h-1 is reached with a current efficiency of 40 %. After the scalability success, two MDC pilot plants were designed and constructed consisting of one stack of 15 MDC pilot units with a 0.4 m2 electrode area per unit. This book presents the information generated throughout the EU funded MIDES project and includes the latest developments related to desalination of sea water and brackish water by applying microbial desalination cells. ISBN: 9781789062113 (Paperback) ISBN: 9781789062120 (eBook)
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Good Nintentions 1985. Scotts Valley, California: CreateSpace, 2016.
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Braun, E. J., and A. Kelman. "Production of Cell Wall-Degrading Enzymes by Corn Stalk Rot Strains of Erwinia Chrysanthemi." In Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, 206–11. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3555-6_32.
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Wei, Xu. "Degradation of Soybean Stalk Lignin with White-Rot Fungus and SEM Characterization of Surface Structure." In Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, 479–84. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27537-1_59.
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Scott, Walter. "Chapter VI." In Rob Roy. Oxford University Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/owc/9780199549887.003.0010.
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The rude hall rocks—they come, they come,— The din of voices shakes the dome;— In stalk the various forms, and, drest In varying morion, varying vest, All march with haughty step—all proudly shake the crest. Penrose* If Sir Hildebrand Osbaldistone was in no...
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Kipling, Rudyard. "‘In Ambush’." In The Complete Stalky & Co. Oxford University Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/owc/9780199555031.003.0003.
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In summer all right-minded boys built huts in the furze-hill behind the College—little lairs whittled out of the heart of the prickly bushes, full of stumps, odd root-ends, and spikes, but, since they were strictly forbidden, palaces of delight. And for the fifth summer...
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Pite, Ralph. "'Coming into their Own': Roy Fisher and John Cowper Powys." In The Thing About Roy Fisher, 231–56. Liverpool University Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9780853235156.003.0011.
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Chapter ten, written by Ralph Pite, provides an analysis and comparison of Fisher’s A Furnace and John Cowper Powys’s A Glastonbury Romance. The chapter outlines Powys’s use of poetic imagination as a tool to recognise the real nature of the universe, and attributes this belief system to the themes underlying and informing Fisher’s poetry. While the chapter focuses on Fisher’s ideas that are similar to Powys’s, it also dedicates equal time to describing the stark contrast between the works of the two poets.
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Little, C. R., A. Y. Bandara, T. C. Todd, and R. Perumal. "Sorghum diseases and their management in cultivation: stalk, root and other diseases." In Achieving sustainable cultivation of sorghum Volume 1, 427–64. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/as.2017.0015.31.
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Keefer, Robert F. "Macronutrients—Phosphorus and Potassium." In Handbook of Soils for Landscape Architects. Oxford University Press, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195121025.003.0014.
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Plants have a P concentration between 0.03 and 0.70%, but the usual amount is between 0.1 and 0.4%. Phosphorus is found in every living cell of a plant and is involved in genetic transfer and energy relationships. The actively growing parts, that is, stem tips, new leaves, and new roots, need much P. Seeds, especially at maturity, also have a rich supply of P acting as reserve food. Phosphorus is used in plants for (a) root development—especially the lateral and fibrous roots; (b) cell division—energy for metabolism; (c) reproduction—flowering, fruiting, seed formation all controlled by nucleic acids; (d) maturation—counteracts the ill effects of excessive N fertilization; arid (e) disease resistance— especially important in root rots of seedlings. Plant P is a major constituent of chromosomes present as DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) used in reproduction and RNA (ribonucleic acid) used in growth processes. Plant P is also a constituent of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) that stores energy for plant use, along with many other phosphate compounds, such as phytin (inositol hexaphosphate) stored in seeds, phospholipids in the chloroplasts, and complexes of sugars, sugar amines, aldehydes, amides, and acids—all involved in plant metabolism. Deficiency of P is not striking or characteristic and is difficult to diagnose. The older leaves may be dark bluish-green, bronze, or purple. The stalks are thin, leaves small, limited lateral growth, delayed maturity, and defoliate prematurely. Probably the most obvious symptom would be the purple coloration, but this is exhibited by only a limited number of plants. The best way to determine if a plant is deficient in P would be to conduct a plant tissue test. If the P level is lower than 0.2% P, then P probably is deficient and the soil in which the plant is growing would benefit from P fertilization. . . . Phosphorus Toxicity? . . . Phosphorus toxicity has not been observed in the field and has only been evident in greenhouse culture solutions when P was present at extremely high concentrations.
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Villa-García, Julio. "Dialectal Variation in Clitic Placement in Andalusian and Asturian Spanish Negative Infinitival Imperatives." In The Syntactic Variation of Spanish Dialects, 127–58. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190634797.003.0005.
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This chapter investigates a novel syntactic contrast regarding the placement of clitics in negative root infinitival sentences with imperative illocutionary force in two varieties of Iberian Spanish, (Lower) Andalusian and (Central) Asturian Spanish. Data reveals a stark difference in clitic directionality in second person plural imperatives with infinitives: whereas positive imperatives involve postverbal clitics in both dialects, negative imperatives involve enclisis in AndSp but proclisis in AsturSp, a phenomenon reminiscent of Italian negative singular imperatives. Under a PF-merger+copy-and-delete approach, imperatives involve an affixal null F head that must merge with a PF-adjacent host. This analysis allows for a uniform syntactic treatment of the relevant construction in the two dialects, the difference between the two varieties reducing to PF considerations. This approach also makes use of the same machinery employed to account for the infamous ban on negative imperatives operative in languages like Greek and Spanish, which provides novel crosslinguistic support for the analysis The evidence adduced here also has consequences for verb height and word order as well as for the architecture of the clausal left edge.
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Dalton, David R. "Roots, Shoots, Leaves, and Grapes." In The Chemistry of Wine. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190687199.003.0015.
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As noted earlier and as anticipated by Charles and Francis Darwin it has been argued that plants sense the direction of gravity (gravitropism) by movement of starch granules found in cells called statocytes that contain compartments (organelles) called statoliths. The synthesis of statoliths appears to occur in the plastid (plant organelle) compartments called amyloplasts (Figure 7.1, 1). It has been suggested that this gravitropic signal then leads to movement of plant hormones such as indole-3-acetic acid (auxin) (Figure 7.2), through the phloem opposite to the pull of gravity to promote stem growth. Chloroplasts (Figure 7.1, 2) are cell compartments (plastids or organelles) in which photosynthesis is carried out. The process of photosynthesis, discussed more fully later, is accompanied by the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) from adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and inorganic phosphate (Pi) (Figure 7.3). ATP is consumed and converted to ADP and Pi in living systems. The cycle of production and consumption allows ATP to serve as an “energy currency” to pay for the reactions in living systems. Beyond this generally recognized critical function of chloroplasts, it has recently been pointed out that light/ dark conditions affect alternative splicing of genes which may be necessary for proper plant responses to varying light conditions. The organelles or plastids which contain the pigments for photosynthesis and the amyloplasts that store starch are only two of many kinds of plastids. Other plastids, leucoplasts for example, hold the enzymes for the synthesis of terpenes, and elaioplasts store fatty acids. Apparently, all plastids are derived from proplastids which are present in the pluripotent apical and root meristem cells. The cell wall (Figure 7.1, 3) is the tough, rigid layer that surrounds cells. It is located on the outside of the flexible cell membrane, thus adding fixed structure. A representation of a portion of the cell wall (as made up of cellulose and peptide cross-linking) is shown below in Figure 7.7. The cells will have different sizes as a function of where they are found (e.g., leaf, stalk, root), but in every case, the cell wall limits the size of the membrane that lies within.
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Blome, David A. "The Aetolian Rout of the Athenians in 426." In Greek Warfare beyond the Polis, 29–49. Cornell University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501747526.003.0003.
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This chapter examines the Aetolian Rout of the Athenians in 426. In stark contrast to the prevailing practices of their day, the Aetolians developed a sophisticated way of war that complemented, and was not determined by, the advantages of their physical environment. Collectively, the Aetolians recognized potential large-scale threats and made arrangements to protect themselves, and they did this not as a formal koinon, or federal state, but as an ethnos. Jakob Larsen, a key figure in the study of Greek federal states, concluded that the fifth-century Aetolian ethnos must have constituted some sort of political entity, which he called a “tribal state.” The chapter then considers how the Ophionians, Apodotians, and Eurytanians made a commitment to defend each other and formulated a plan as to how they would do so. These three groups even sent representative embassies abroad, suggesting that the Aetolian ethnos also had something along the lines of a foreign policy. From this it would follow that the fifth-century Aetolians had developed some form of government for deciding on issues that impinged on the entire ethnos. Evidently, though, this loose confederation did not require a formal constitution or even standing institutions or offices to function.
Conference papers on the topic "Stalk rot"
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Gatch, Emily W., and Gary P. Munkvold. "The Role of Bt Hybrids In Stalk Rot Management." In Proceedings of the 10th Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference. Iowa State University, Digital Press, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/icm-180809-662.
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Munkvold, Gary P. "Stalk Rot and Lodging in the 2000 Corn Cop." In Proceedings of the 10th Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference. Iowa State University, Digital Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/icm-180809-685.
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Hanson, Linda E. "Fusarium seed stalk blight and rot in sugar beet." In American Society of Sugarbeet Technologist. ASSBT, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.5274/assbt.2009.42.
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Gao, Limin, Xiaojun Li, Jian Xie, and Bo Liu. "The Effect of Speed Ratio on the First Rotating Stall Stage in Contra-Rotating Compressor." In ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2012-68802.
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Since the structure and aerodynamic advantages of contra-rotating technology, it has been considered as an important approach to further improve the thrust-weight ratio of aircraft engine. In the present work, the impact of rotating speed ratio on the first rotating stall stage of a CRAC which consist of two counter-rotating rotors is investigated numerically. To detect the stall margin of CRAC exactly, the back pressure dichotomy method is developed, the grid indepence is verified and the performance is measured. A large number computation is carried out to explore the influence of rotating speed ratio on the performance of contra-rotating compressor. Finally the flow filed near blade tip is analyzed to find the relation between the rotating speed ratio and the first stall rotor. The result shows: (1) The work conditions of ROT1 have a significant impact on the aerodynamic performance of ROT2, while ROT2 play a little impact on the performance of ROT1. (2) At the condition of rotating speed ratio R2:R1≥0.9, the second rotor will be the first stall stage as the mass flow is decreased. (3) When the ROT2 rotating speed is slower than the ROT1, the intensity of tip leakage in ROT2 declines obviously with decreasing the rotating speed ratio, but the intensity of tip leakage in ROT1 has little changes. At the condition of R2:R1<0.9, the first rotor will be the first stall stage.
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Kangutkar, Rasika, Jacob Lauzon, Alexander Synesael, Nicholas Jenis, Kruthika Simha, and Raymond Ptucha. "ROS Navigation Stack for Smart Indoor Agents." In 2017 IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/aipr.2017.8457966.
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Prakash, Aravind, and Heng Yin. "Defeating ROP Through Denial of Stack Pivot." In the 31st Annual Computer Security Applications Conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2818000.2818023.
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Gao, Haotian, Mingjun Wei, and John Hrynuk. "Data-Driven ROM for the Prediction of Dynamic Stall." In 2018 Fluid Dynamics Conference. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-3094.
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Gao, Limin, Xiaojun Li, Xudong Feng, and Bo Liu. "The Effect of Tip Clearance on the Performance of Contra-Rotating Compressor." In ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2012-68801.
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Contra-rotating technology has been considered as an important approach to further improve the thrust-weight ratio of aircraft engine because of its structure and aerodynamic superiority. In the present work, the impact of tip clearance on the performance of a CRAC which consist of two counter-rotating rotors is investigated numerically. To detect the stall margin of CRAC exactly, the back pressure dichotomy method is developed, the grid indepence is verified and the performance is measured. A large number computation is carried out to explore the influence of tip clearance on the operating range of contra-rotating compressor. Finally the flow filed near the tip clearance is analyzed to find the relation between the tip clearance and the first stall rotor. The result shows: (1) Efficiency and pressure ratio decrease with the tip clearance size increased, but there is an optimal tip clearance size corresponding to a relative wide operating range. (2) The first stall stage of contra-rotating compressor varies with the tip clearance size increases. For the present CRAC, ROT2 is the first stall stage with the tip clearance size no greater than 0.5mm, while the ROT1 is the first stall stage if the tip clearance size greater than 0.5mm.
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Quigley, C., R. McMurran, R. P. Jones, and P. Faithfull. "Modelling of Network Communications Stack Software ROM and RAM Requirements." In SAE World Congress & Exhibition. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-0122.
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