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Ecology and Epidemiology

Time of Infection of Maize Kernels by Fusarium moniliforme and Cephalosporium acremonium. S. B. King, Research plant pathologist, Agricultural Research, Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Science, Mississippi State University, P. O. Drawer PG, Mississippi State 39762; Phytopathology 71:796-799. Accepted for publication 19 December 1980. This article is in the public domain and not copyrightable. It may be freely reprinted with customary crediting of the source. The American Phytopathological Society, 1981. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-71-796.

Maize kernels were assayed for endogenous fungi at weekly intervals from 1 wk before the midsilk stage to 9–10 wk after midsilk. Fusarium moniliforme was first isolated 2 wk after midsilk and infection increased each week to 35–66% at final assay. Cephalosporium acremonium was first detected 3–4 wk after midsilk and infection increased weekly to 30–45% at final assay. Kernel infection by F. moniliforme in the tip half of corn ears before maturity and by C. acremonium in the butt half at maturity was most common.