Agricultural productivity significantly contributes to every country's economy. The grain
plants such as wheat, rice, corn (maize), barley, oats, rye, millet, and sorghum are commonly …

Plant disease cycles represent pathogen biology as a series of interconnected stages of
development including dormancy, reproduction, dispersal, and pathogenesis. The …

The use of foliar fungicides on field corn has increased greatly over the past 5 years in the
United States in an attempt to increase yields, despite limited evidence that use of the …

A mechanistic weather-driven model was developed based on the infection cycle of
Aspergillus flavus on maize to predict the risk of aflatoxin contamination in field on a daily …

Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB), caused by Exserohilum turcicum (E. turcicum), is one of the
most common maize (Zea mays L.) diseases worldwide. To determine the crop damage and …

Pre-planting factors have been associated with the late-season severity of Stagonospora
nodorum blotch (SNB), caused by the fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum, in …

The aims of this research were to monitor the presence of fumonisins in maize crops in
northern Italy over a 6 year period, to study the role of the cropping system on fumonisin …

In recent years, very many incidences of contamination with aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in pistachio
nuts have been reported as a major global problem for the crop. In Europe, legislation is in …

The climate change has caused threats to agricultural production; the extremes of
temperature and humidity, and other abiotic stresses are contributing factors to the etiology …

In this study, we tested whether GLS field symptoms on maize can be detected using
hyperspectral data re-sampled to WorldView-2, Quickbird, RapidEye and Sentinel-2 …