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| Kurosawa,Railan do Nascimento Ferreira; Amaral Junior,Antonio Teixeira do; Vivas,Janieli Maganha Silva; Guimarães,Amanda Gonçalves; Miranda,Samila Barbosa; Dias,Vicente Mussi; Scapim,Carlos Alberto. |
| ABSTRACT Because of its multi-purpose nature, popcorn has sparked the interest of the World Trade Organization as regards fungal contamination by mycotoxins. However, no investigations have been conducted on popcorn for resistance of genotypes to ear rot. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of popcorn genotypes as to resistance to ear rot and rotten kernels, as an initial step for the implementation of a breeding program with the popcorn crop in Northern Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Thirty-seven accessions from different ecogeographic regions of Latin America were evaluated in 2 cultivation periods, in a randomized block design with 4 replications. We evaluated the incidence of rotten ears, incidence of rotten ears caused by Fusarium spp.,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Zea mays; Fusarium spp.; Genetic resistance. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87052017000300378 |
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