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Title: Winter rye cover crop effect on corn seedling pathogens

Author
item SCHENCK, LARA - Iowa State University
item Kaspar, Thomas
item Moorman, Thomas
item Bakker, Matthew
item LOYNACHAN, THOMAS - Iowa State University

Submitted to: ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/27/2014
Publication Date: 11/2/2014
Citation: Schenck, L., Kaspar, T.C., Moorman, T.B., Bakker, M.G., Loynachan, T.E. 2014. Winter rye cover crop effect on corn seedling pathogens. In: Proceedings of ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, November 2-11, 2014, Long Beach, California. 388-12:500. Available: https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2014am/webprogram/Paper86203.html.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Cover crops have been grown successfully in Iowa, but sometimes a cereal rye cover crop preceding corn can reduce corn yields. Our research examines the effect of a rye cover crop on infections of the succeeding corn crop by soil fungal pathogens. Plant measurements included: growth stage, height, radicle length, nodal root number, dry weight, fraction of diseased radicles, and fraction of diseased mesocotyls. In controlled growth chamber experiments, corn plants following a rye cover crop revealed significantly diminished performance when compared to corn plants following no rye cover crop.