Non-traditional methods for controlling maize late wilt disease caused by Cephalosporium maydis [electronic resource]

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In an attempt to search for alternative control methods to pesticides, certain bio-control formulations (Bacillus subtilis 1, B. ubtilis 3, B. pumilus, Pseudomonas fluorcscens and Epicoccum nigrum), bentocidc, zinc oxide nanoparticles and nanosilica were tested against Cephalosporium maydis, the causative fungus of late v.rilt disease of maize, under field conditions of Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt in 2011 and 2012 growing seasons. Results showed that the biocontrol formulations were the most effective treatments against the disease, followed by nanosilica, bentocide and nanozinc oxide, dcscendingly in both growing seasons, with respect of pre-emergence damping off,

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