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THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT FUNGICIDES ON THE GROWTH PARAMETERS OF FOUR MAIZE VARIETIES INFESTED WITH FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM IN HADEJIA, JIGAWA STATE

1Baita, H.U, 2Kutama* , A. S., 2Auyo, M. I., 2Dangora, I. I., 1Abdullahi, H.I.

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Abstract

Abstract Maize is one of the most popular food crops in Nigeria is widely consume by millions of Nigerians and also used for the product of animal feeds. However, the maize plant in field is suffering from many biotic constrains, one which is vascular wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum. The study was aimed at investigating the effects of different fungicides in the control of this disease. The Experiment was conducted at Botanical Garden, Federal University Dutse to determine the relative efficacy of some seed treatments fungicides in the control of fusarium wilt in four varieties of maize (Quality protein maize, Early maturing maize, Susuma maize and hybrid variety maize). The four seed treatment fungicides were Seed care, Blast force, Dress force, and Z force). The experimental design was 4×4 factorials laid out in Completely Randomized Design with four replications given a total of 64 treatment combinations. The procedure of general linear model was employed to analyze the data. Results of this experiment showed that all the four Fungicides demonstrated effectiveness in controlling wilt diseases, with the Seed Care fungicide proving to be the most effective in reducing disease incidence. Fungicide treatments also positively influenced plant growth parameters such as plant height, leaf number, and chlorophyll content.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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All four seed-treatment fungicides were effective in controlling Fusarium wilt in maize.

Taxon
maizeZea mayse1
Treatment
Fungicidese2
Outcome
wilt diseasese2
Direction
decreaseinferrede2
Setting
Botanical Garden, Federal University Dutsee5

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Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the maize plant in field is suffering from many biotic constrains, one which is vascular wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum”

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“all the four Fungicides demonstrated effectiveness in controlling wilt diseases”

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“The Experiment was conducted at Botanical Garden, Federal University Dutse”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Seed Care was the most effective fungicide in reducing Fusarium wilt disease incidence in maize.

Taxon
maizeZea mayse1
Treatment
Seed Care fungicidee3
Interactor
Fusarium oxysporumFusarium oxysporume1pathogen
Outcome
disease incidencee3
Direction
reducinge3

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Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium oxysporum · InteractorClemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the maize plant in field is suffering from many biotic constrains, one which is vascular wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 163–293 · show in text ↑
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“with the Seed Care fungicide proving to be the most effective in reducing disease incidence”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Fungicide treatments positively influenced plant height, leaf number and chlorophyll content of maize.

Taxon
maizeZea mayse1
Treatment
Fungicide treatmentse4
Outcome
plant height, leaf number, and chlorophyll contente4
Direction
positively influencede4

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the maize plant in field is suffering from many biotic constrains, one which is vascular wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 163–293 · show in text ↑
e4

“Fungicide treatments also positively influenced plant growth parameters such as plant height, leaf number, and chlorophyll content”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1217–1347 · show in text ↑

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