Fusarium moniliforme Colonization of Corn Ears in Missouri. O. H. Calvert, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, Columbia 65211. A. S. Foudin, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and USDA, APHIS, P.P.Q., H. C. Minor, Associate Professor, and G. F. Krause, Professor, Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, Columbia 65211. Plant Dis. 69:988-990. Accepted for publication 3 May 1985. 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, 1985. DOI: 10.1094/PD-69-988.

Data from hybrid kernel samples taken throughout the corn belt area of Missouri show that Fusarium moniliforme and F. moniliforme var. subglutinans are the internal fungi that predominate in Zea mays in the state. Results of the study also indicate that differences in hybrids and environmental conditions significantly affect the number of kernels that become colonized.