Sorghum headbugs and grain molds in West and Central Africa: II. Relationships between weather, headbug and mold damage on sorghum grains

A regional Sorghum Head-Bug and Grain Mold Trial was conducted in 1996 and 1997 by WCASRN in, respectively, 15 and 13 research stations in ten west and central African countries. Empirical relationships between weather factors and head-bug damage on the one hand, and between weather factors and grai...

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Autores principales: Ratnadass, A., Butler, D.R., Marley, P.S., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Hess, D.E., Akintayo, I.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96388
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author Ratnadass, A.
Butler, D.R.
Marley, P.S.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
Hess, D.E.
Akintayo, I.
author_browse Akintayo, I.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
Butler, D.R.
Hess, D.E.
Marley, P.S.
Ratnadass, A.
author_facet Ratnadass, A.
Butler, D.R.
Marley, P.S.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
Hess, D.E.
Akintayo, I.
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description A regional Sorghum Head-Bug and Grain Mold Trial was conducted in 1996 and 1997 by WCASRN in, respectively, 15 and 13 research stations in ten west and central African countries. Empirical relationships between weather factors and head-bug damage on the one hand, and between weather factors and grain mold damage on the other hand, were examined using the “Window” computer program. No significant correlation was found between head-bug damage and those weather factors examined. In the case of grain mold, high relative humidity (RH) during early plant growth (5–40 days after sowing, DAS) on the one hand, and between end of flowering and harvest (65–125 DAS) on the other hand, were the most strongly correlated with mold incidence. The relationships between maximum RH and grain mold scores in the scatter diagrams were clearly non-linear, showing a marked increase in grain mold scores when the RH exceeded a threshold of about 95%. These results are discussed and future research directions are proposed.
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spelling CGSpace963882024-05-15T05:11:19Z Sorghum headbugs and grain molds in West and Central Africa: II. Relationships between weather, headbug and mold damage on sorghum grains Ratnadass, A. Butler, D.R. Marley, P.S. Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit Hess, D.E. Akintayo, I. sorghum grain molds plant diseases A regional Sorghum Head-Bug and Grain Mold Trial was conducted in 1996 and 1997 by WCASRN in, respectively, 15 and 13 research stations in ten west and central African countries. Empirical relationships between weather factors and head-bug damage on the one hand, and between weather factors and grain mold damage on the other hand, were examined using the “Window” computer program. No significant correlation was found between head-bug damage and those weather factors examined. In the case of grain mold, high relative humidity (RH) during early plant growth (5–40 days after sowing, DAS) on the one hand, and between end of flowering and harvest (65–125 DAS) on the other hand, were the most strongly correlated with mold incidence. The relationships between maximum RH and grain mold scores in the scatter diagrams were clearly non-linear, showing a marked increase in grain mold scores when the RH exceeded a threshold of about 95%. These results are discussed and future research directions are proposed. 2003-07 2018-08-09T06:40:35Z 2018-08-09T06:40:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96388 en Limited Access Elsevier Ratnadass, A., Butler, D.R., Marley, P.S., Bandyopadhyay, R., Hess, D.E. & Akintayo, I. (2003). Sorghum head-bugs and grain molds in West and Central Africa: II. Relationships between weather, head-bug and mold damage on sorghum grains. Crop Protection, 22(6), 853-858.
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grain
molds
plant diseases
Ratnadass, A.
Butler, D.R.
Marley, P.S.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
Hess, D.E.
Akintayo, I.
Sorghum headbugs and grain molds in West and Central Africa: II. Relationships between weather, headbug and mold damage on sorghum grains
title Sorghum headbugs and grain molds in West and Central Africa: II. Relationships between weather, headbug and mold damage on sorghum grains
title_full Sorghum headbugs and grain molds in West and Central Africa: II. Relationships between weather, headbug and mold damage on sorghum grains
title_fullStr Sorghum headbugs and grain molds in West and Central Africa: II. Relationships between weather, headbug and mold damage on sorghum grains
title_full_unstemmed Sorghum headbugs and grain molds in West and Central Africa: II. Relationships between weather, headbug and mold damage on sorghum grains
title_short Sorghum headbugs and grain molds in West and Central Africa: II. Relationships between weather, headbug and mold damage on sorghum grains
title_sort sorghum headbugs and grain molds in west and central africa ii relationships between weather headbug and mold damage on sorghum grains
topic sorghum
grain
molds
plant diseases
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96388
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