STUDIES ON MAYDIS LEAF BLIGHT (Drechslera maydis NISIKADO & MIYAKE) OF MAIZE (Zea mays L.) AND ITS MANAGEMENT

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2012
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
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Maize (Zea mays L.) popularly known as “corn” is queen of cereals due to its high yield efficiency, important human nutrient, basic element of animal feed and raw material for manufacture of many industrial products i.e. corn starch, maltodextrins, corn oil, corn syrup and products of fermentation, distillation and recently used as biofuel. Maydis leaf blight disease of maize caused by Drechslera maydis Nisikado & Miyake causes considerable losses to the maize crop. The present investigations on “Studies on maydis leaf blight (Drechslera maydis Nisikado & Miyake) of maize (Zea mays L.) and its management” were undertaken at Department of Plant Pathology, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during Kharif 2010- 2012 to explore the possibilities of botanicals and chemicals for the management of maydis leaf blight disease for the first time in Middle Gujarat conditions.
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Plant Pathology, Study, Study
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