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Research

Abstract

Poor seedling stands and root injury often occur when corn is planted in cold soils. Corn stands are reduced largely as a consequence of soil inhabiting fungi invading the germinating kernel resulting in the death of the young seedling before emergence. This group of fungi, largely Pythium species, may also incite a rotting of the seedling root system. This investigation concerns itself with measuring the severity of this corn seedling disease under certain greenhouse conditions m various Iowa soils of different types and cropping sequences.

Publication Date

1953

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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First Page

158

Last Page

162

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Hooker, A. L. (1953) "Severity of Corn Seedling Disease in Iowa Soils," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 60(1), 158-162.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol60/iss1/21

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Severity of Corn Seedling Disease in Iowa Soils

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