Influence of Tillage Practices on Anthracnose Development and Distribution in Dry Bean Fields

Three tillage practices-chiseling, rototilling, and moldboard plowing-were evaluated in 1993 and 1994 to determine their impact on initial disease development, distribution, and progression over time in a field of the susceptible kidney bean cultivar Horizon. The tillage treatments were administered...

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Publié dans:Plant disease. - 1997. - 81(1997), 1 vom: 30. Jan., Seite 71-76
Auteur principal: Ntahimpera, N (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Dillard, H R, Cobb, A C, Seem, R C
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 1997
Accès à la collection:Plant disease
Sujets:Journal Article
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Résumé:Three tillage practices-chiseling, rototilling, and moldboard plowing-were evaluated in 1993 and 1994 to determine their impact on initial disease development, distribution, and progression over time in a field of the susceptible kidney bean cultivar Horizon. The tillage treatments were administered in the spring in a field infested in 1992 with the bean anthracnose pathogen, Colletotrichum lindemuthianum race β. Initial disease incidence was highest in the chiseled plots, where more bean debris was left on the surface than in the other treatments. Significantly higher final disease incidence and area under the disease progress curve (AUDPC) occurred in the chiseled plots than in the rototilled and moldboard plowed plots. There was a significant correlation (r = 0.75) between the percentage of debris left on the surface and subsequent disease incidence on pods in the field. Anthracnose incidence or severity in the field was highly correlated with disease incidence on harvested pods (r values ranged between 0.87 and 0.98). Results from the ordinary runs analysis showed that anthracnose occurred randomly within the field early in the season, indicating that initial inoculum was from bean debris within the field. Later in the season, plant-to-plant spread resulted in a more clustered distribution of diseased plants
Description:Date Revised 20.11.2019
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Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:0191-2917
DOI:10.1094/PDIS.1997.81.1.71