Myrothecium verrucaria for Control of Annual Morningglories in Sugarcane1

Autor: Bruce B. Jarvis, Larry K. Paxson, Dana K. Berner, Rex W. Millhollon, George W. Bean
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Weed Technology. 17:276-283
ISSN: 1550-2740
0890-037X
DOI: 10.1614/0890-037x(2003)017[0276:mvfcoa]2.0.co;2
Popis: Conidia of Myrothecium verrucaria, sprayed in an aqueous phase–paraffinic crop oil emulsion (1:1 v/v) at 470 L/ha, controlled red, ivyleaf, smallflower, and tall morningglory plants (three- to five-leaf stage) by causing severe necrotic injury to leaves and stems. Conidia were not efficacious if applied in an aqueous carrier without oil. When applied in the field as directed postemergence treatments to sugarcane, a concentration of 4 × 108 conidia/ml generally provided > 90% death of morningglory, comparable with the atrazine standard at 2.2 kg ai/ha, and did not cause significant crop injury. Conidia produced on potato dextrose agar or rice flour slurry were about equally effective. When killed by autoclaving, conidia continued to be efficacious, indicating that the symptoms produced by the fungus were not primarily caused by infection. A high performance liquid chromatography analysis of filtrates from the fungal growth media or of harvested conidia showed the presence of several macrocyclic trichothece...
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