Abstract
, whose spread relies on infested soils, seeds, and several alternative hosts. The current study aimed at advancing our understanding of the nature of this plant disease and revealing new ways to monitor and control it. Two field experiments were conducted in a heavily infested area in northern Israel seeded with highly sensitive corn hybrid. The first experiment aimed at inspecting the Azoxystrobin (AS) fungicide applied by spraying during and after the land tillage. Unexpectedly, the disease symptoms in this field were minor and yields were high. Nevertheless, up to 100% presence of the pathogen within the plant's tissues was measured using the quantitative real-time PCR method. The highest AS concentration tested was the most effective treatment, and resulted in a 6% increase in cob yield and a 4% increase in A-class yield. In the second experiment conducted in the following summer of the same year in a nearby field, the disease outbreak was dramatically higher, with about 350 times higher levels of the pathogen DNA in the untreated plots' plants. In this field, fungicide mixtures were applied using a dripline assigned for two coupling rows. The most successful treatment was AS and the Difenoconazole mixture, in which the number of infected plants decreased by 79%, and a 116% increase in crop yield was observed, along with a 41% increase in crop quality. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the treatments on the plants' health using a remote, thermal infra-red sensitive camera supported the results and proved to be an essential research tool.
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Claim · model-written summary
The first field had minor symptoms and high yields.
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Unexpectedly, the disease symptoms in this field were minor and yields were high.”
t0“Maize Late Wilt Disease”
Claim · model-written summary
Pathogen presence in plant tissues reached 100% despite minor symptoms.
- Interactor
- Magnaporthiopsis maydisMagnaporthiopsis maydist0pathogene0
- Outcome
- presence of the pathogen within the plant's tissuese0
- Value
- 100%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Nevertheless, up to 100% presence of the pathogen within the plant's tissues was measured using the quantitative real-time PCR method.”
t0“Maize Late Wilt Disease Causal Agent, Magnaporthiopsis maydis”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest AS concentration increased cob yield by 6%.
- Treatment
- highest AS concentratione0
- Interactor
- Magnaporthiopsis maydisMagnaporthiopsis maydist0pathogene0
- Outcome
- cob yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 6%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The highest AS concentration tested was the most effective treatment, and resulted in a 6% increase in cob yield and a 4% increase in A-class yield.”
t0“Maize Late Wilt Disease Causal Agent, Magnaporthiopsis maydis”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest AS concentration increased A-class yield by 4%.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The highest AS concentration tested was the most effective treatment, and resulted in a 6% increase in cob yield and a 4% increase in A-class yield.”
t0“Maize Late Wilt Disease”
Claim · model-written summary
Pathogen DNA levels in untreated plants in the second field were about 350 times higher.
- Treatment
- untreated plotse0
- Interactor
- Magnaporthiopsis maydisMagnaporthiopsis maydist0pathogene0
- Outcome
- levels of the pathogen DNAe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- about 350 timese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the disease outbreak was dramatically higher, with about 350 times higher levels of the pathogen DNA in the untreated plots' plants.”
t0“Maize Late Wilt Disease Causal Agent, Magnaporthiopsis maydis”
Claim · model-written summary
AS and Difenoconazole mixture decreased infected plants by 79%.
- Treatment
- AS and the Difenoconazole mixturee0
- Interactor
- Magnaporthiopsis maydisMagnaporthiopsis maydist0pathogene0
- Outcome
- number of infected plantse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Value
- 79%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The most successful treatment was AS and the Difenoconazole mixture, in which the number of infected plants decreased by 79%, and a 116% increase in crop yield was observed, along with a 41% increase in crop quality.”
t0“Maize Late Wilt Disease Causal Agent, Magnaporthiopsis maydis”
Claim · model-written summary
AS and Difenoconazole mixture increased crop yield by 116%.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The most successful treatment was AS and the Difenoconazole mixture, in which the number of infected plants decreased by 79%, and a 116% increase in crop yield was observed, along with a 41% increase in crop quality.”
t0“Maize Late Wilt Disease”
Claim · model-written summary
AS and Difenoconazole mixture increased crop quality by 41%.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The most successful treatment was AS and the Difenoconazole mixture, in which the number of infected plants decreased by 79%, and a 116% increase in crop yield was observed, along with a 41% increase in crop quality.”
t0“Maize Late Wilt Disease”
Claim · model-written summary
Thermal infrared camera assessment supported treatment effectiveness results.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Evaluation of the effectiveness of the treatments on the plants' health using a remote, thermal infra-red sensitive camera supported the results and proved to be an essential research tool.”
t0“Maize Late Wilt Disease”
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