The effect of postharvest fungicide application on storage fungi of corn during ambient air drying and storage.
White, D. G.; Toman, J.; Burnette, D. C.; Jacobsen, B. J.;
Plant Disease Year: 1993 Vol: 77 Issue: 6 Pages: 562-568 Ref: 38 ref.
1993
บทคัดย่อ
Maize grain was treated immediately after harvest with benomyl (0, 1, 5 or 10 micro g/g), thiabendazole (0, 5, 10 or 20 micro g/g) or A9248 (0, 5, 10 or 20 micro g/g) in 1984, and with thiabendazole (0, 10 or 20 micro g/g) or A9248 (0, 5, 10 or 20 micro g/g) in 1985, to determine the effect of the fungicides on infection by storage fungi during ambient air drying and storage. After treatment, the grain was augured into modified grain bins and dried with ambient air. The incidence of storage fungi was determined following plating of grains on malt salt agar. Fungicide treatments reduced the incidence of Penicillium spp., and in some cases Aspergillus spp., compared with a nontreated control. It is concluded that the use of low rates of fungicides offers an additional control of storage fungi that can be integrated into currently used control techniques.