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Effects of Leaf Blight and Rust on Maize in Lowland and Highland Cameroon Environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

J. A. Ayuk-Takem  and
H. R. Chheda
J. A. Ayuk-Takem
Affiliation:
Institute of Agronomic Research, Bambui, Box 80, Bamenda, Cameroon, and Department of Agronomy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
H. R. Chheda
Affiliation:
Institute of Agronomic Research, Bambui, Box 80, Bamenda, Cameroon, and Department of Agronomy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
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Summary

COCA (highland), TZPB (lowland) and COCA x TZPB maize varieties were tested at Bambui Plain (1330 m) and Ekona (550 m). Leaf blight and rust were controlled chemically with Dithane-M45 and Benlate, and their use significantly increased the yields of COCA when grown in lowland environments, where it does not possess resistance to lowland leaf blight (H. maydis) and rust (P. polysora); yields of TZPB were similarly increased in highland areas, where it is susceptible to highland leaf blight (H. turcicum) and rust (P. sorghi). COCA x TZPB was intermediate in resistance to both diseases at the two locations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 1982 , pp. 299 - 304
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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