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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2016, Vol. 15 Issue (06): 1286-1292    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(15)61194-7
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The influence of potassium to mineral fertilizers on the maize health
Jan Bocianowski1, Piotr Szulc2, Anna Tratwal3, Kamila Nowosad4, Dariusz Piesik5
1 Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań 60-637, Poland
2 Department of Agronomy, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań 60-632, Poland,
3 Department of Pests Methods Forecasting and Plant Protection Economy, Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute, Poznań 60-318, Poland
4 Department of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Seed Production, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroc?aw 53-363, Poland
5 Department of Entomology and Molecular Phytopathology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz 85-225, Poland
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Abstract      Field experiments (2009–2011) were conducted at the Department of Agronomy at Poznań University of Life Sciences on the fields of the Research Institute in Swadzim. We evaluated the health of maize plants of two types, depending on the variations in mineral fertilization. The conducted research recorded the occurrence of pests such as oscinella frit (Oscinella frit L.) and the European corn borer (Pyrausta nubilalis Hbn.). Diseases recorded during the research included two pathogenes: Fusarium (Fusarium ssp.) and corn smut (Ustilago maydis Corda). It was shown that the meteorological conditions during the maize vegetation had a significant influence on the occurrence of pests. Adding potassium to mineral fertilizers increased the maize resistance to Fusarium. Cultivation of “stay-green” cultivar shall be considered as an element of integrated maize protection. The occurrence of oscinella frit was correlated with the occurrence of Fusarium as well as the occurrence of the European corn borer for both examined cultivars.  
Keywords:  cultivars        maize diseases        mineral fertilization        pests  
Received: 01 June 2015   Accepted:
Corresponding Authors:  Jan Bocianowski, Tel/Fax: +48-61-8487140, E-mail: jboc@up.poznan.pl    

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Jan Bocianowski, Piotr Szulc, Anna Tratwal, Kamila Nowosad, Dariusz Piesik. 2016. The influence of potassium to mineral fertilizers on the maize health. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 15(06): 1286-1292.

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