Efficacy of biochar in the management of Fusarium verticillioides Sacc. causing ear rot in Zea mays L.

ABSTRACT: Maize ear rot caused by Fusarium verticillioides (Fv) is a major disease associated with reduced grain yield and ear quality. The use of biochar in management of ear rot has not been established. Efficacy of biochar aganst the disease was therefore investigated. Efficacy of biochars produced from poultry faecal waste (Bpw) and sawdust (Bsd) against pathogenic Fusarium verticillioides (Fv) causing ear rot in maize was determined using biochar treatment combinations (Bpw, Bsd, Bpw + Bsd, Bpw + Fv, Bsd + Fv, Bpw + Bsd + Fv, Fv and control) as soil amendments. Additional treatments consisted of fungicide (Cibaplus), poultry feacal waste (Pw), sawdust (Sd), Bpw + Fungicide, Bsd + Fungicide, Bpw + Bsd + Fungicide, Fungicide + Fv, and Pw + Sd. The Bpw and Pw at 1, 2 and 3 kg/m2 each, Bsd and Sd (

SUBMITTER: Akanmu AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7248655 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature