Monitoring Ustilago maydis population causing common smut of maize in Poland between 2016 - 2019

Elżbieta Czembor

e.czembor@ihar.edu.pl
Zakład Traw, Roślin Motylkowatych i Energetycznych Pracownia Traw Pastewnych i Roślin Motylkowatych, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin — Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Radzików, 05-870 Błonie (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3021-3053

Seweryn Frasiński


Zakład Traw, Roślin Motylkowatych i Energetycznych Pracownia Traw Pastewnych i Roślin Motylkowatych, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin — Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Radzików, 05-870 Błonie (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3173-734X

Abstract

The large cultivation area of maize and the simplification of applied agrotechnics increased the occurrence of pathogens, including Ustilago maydis causing common smut. Monitoring this patogen population at 9 locations representative for different agroclimatic regions of Poland across 2016‒2019, significant differences between years, locations and cultivars for the frequency of plants with symptoms of the disease were determined. Weather conditions significantly affected the development of the corn smut disease. In 2017, when temperatures were lower than in other years, the frequency of plants with symptoms of the disease was very low. In the other years the for some cultivars it was 26,7% in 2016, 32,0% in 2018 and 20,0% in 2019.
In the other years, for some of the selected cultivars, it increased to 26.7% in 2016, 32.0% in 2018 and 20.0% in 2019 respectively. In the locations representing Central Poland (Lućmierz and Kawęczyn) and Western Poland (Krościna Mała), the frequency of plants with symptoms of the disease was the highest. In Przecław (South-Eastern Poland), the severity of the disease was very low throughout all the years. The differences between the cultivars in terms of the frequency of plants with symptoms of Ustilago maydis infection indicate that it is possible to obtain genetic gain for resistance to the corn smut. Monitoring the degree of plant infection with corn smut combined with forecasting weather conditions, is an important part in integrated maize protection system.

Supporting Agencies

Monitorowanie grzyba Ustilago maydis prowadzono w ramach programu wieloletniego IHAR – PIB pt. „Tworzenie naukowych podstaw postępu biologicznego i ochrona roślinnych zasobów genowych źródłem innowacji wsparcia zrównoważonego rolnictwa oraz bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego kraju” finansowanego przez MRiRW.

Keywords:

maize, corn smut, Ustilago maydis

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Czembor, E. and Frasiński, S. (2020) “Monitoring Ustilago maydis population causing common smut of maize in Poland between 2016 - 2019”, Bulletin of Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, (293), pp. 3–13. doi: 10.37317/biul-2020-0024.

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Elżbieta Czembor 
e.czembor@ihar.edu.pl
Zakład Traw, Roślin Motylkowatych i Energetycznych Pracownia Traw Pastewnych i Roślin Motylkowatych, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin — Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Radzików, 05-870 Błonie Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3021-3053

Authors

Seweryn Frasiński 

Zakład Traw, Roślin Motylkowatych i Energetycznych Pracownia Traw Pastewnych i Roślin Motylkowatych, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin — Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Radzików, 05-870 Błonie Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3173-734X

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