Influence of Biostimulants and Microbiological Preparations on the Yield and the Occurrence of Diseases and the European Corn Borer ( Ostrinia nubilalis Hbn, Lepidoptera, Crambidae) on Sweet Corn ( Zea mays L. Var. saccharata )

Elżbieta Wojciechowicz-Żytko (), Edward Kunicki and Jacek Nawrocki
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Elżbieta Wojciechowicz-Żytko: Department of Botany, Physiology and Plant Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. 29-Listopada 54, 31-425 Cracow, Poland
Edward Kunicki: Department of Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. 29-Listopada 54, 31-425 Cracow, Poland
Jacek Nawrocki: Department of Botany, Physiology and Plant Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. 29-Listopada 54, 31-425 Cracow, Poland

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: The aim of this work was to determine the influence of chosen biostimulants and microbiological preparations on the yield of sweet corn and the occurrence of Ostrinia nubilalis Hbn, and diseases. In both years of the study, the preparations used in this experiment did not have a statistically significant effect on marketable yield; however, in 2017, the highest weight was observed in the cobs of plants treated with Rizocore and Polyversum WP while the lowest in the cobs treated with RhizoVital 42. The biostimulant Asahi SL and the biological fungicide Serenade ASO proved to be the most effective in protecting sweet corn against cob and shoot infections by fungi of the genus Fusarium. All the preparations reduced the development of the common smut in corn, especially on the cobs. There were no statistically significant differences in cob infection by the O. nubilalis in the combinations treated with different preparations, although the lowest number of cobs damaged by pest in both years were observed on plots treated with Serenade ASO and RhizoVital 42, while the highest on plots treated with Goëmar BM.

Keywords: corn; yield; biostimulants; pests; diseases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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