Zea Mays, a New Host for Ligniera junci (Plasmodiophorales)
- 1 January 1978
- Vol. 70 (1) , 41-46
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3758685
Abstract
Roots of Z. mays plants grown in soils of high organic content in reclaimed fields of the Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula of North Carolina [USA] were found to be abundantly infected with L. junci (Plasmodiophorales). Amaranthus hybridus, Eupatorium capillifolium, Panicum dichotomiflorum. Physalis angulata and Polygonum lapathifolium growing in the same fields were also infected with L. junci. In the greenhouse, L. junci did not reduce growth of Z. mays. Plants grew poorly in non-fumigated field soil but grew well in soil fumigated with methyl bromide or sodium azide. Infection by L. junci was abundant in plants grown in non-fumigated soil and even more abundant in sodium azide fumigated soil.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: