Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Germplasm Health, Feed and Forage Development Program nternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopian Country Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Evaluation of Selected Management Options against Ear Rot (Fusarium graminearum) Disease of Maize (Zea mays L.) in Ari Zone, South Ethiopia Regional State
  Author(s): Misgana Mitiku* and Yesuf Eshete
  
  Maize (Zea mays L.) is world’s third most important cereal food crop next to wheat and rice. The crop is affected by a number of diseases that reduce both the quality and quantity of production. Mycotoxin contamination of maize grain (Zea mays L.) is a global threat to safety both for human food and animal feed. So the study was conducted to investigate the effect of crop rotation and maize stock removal from fields on the incidence and severity of maize ear rot disease. The experiment was conducted done at Jinka Agriculture Research Center experimental field. During experiment maize variety BH 140 (susceptible variety) and Haricot bean (Hawassa dume) varieties were rotated in three ways as following in three years: Maize+haricot bean+maize, Haricotbean+haricot bean+maize and Maize+maize +maize. Spacing between plant and rows was 30 × 75 cm respectively for maize whereas f.. View more»
  

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