Publications by authors named "Carlos C Gongora-Canul"
Epidemiological studies to better understand wheat blast (WB) spatial and temporal patterns were conducted in three field environments in Bolivia between 2019 and 2020. The temporal dynamics of wheat leaf blast (WB) and spike blast (WB) were best described by the logistic model compared with the Gompertz and exponential models. The nonlinear logistic infection rates were higher under defined inoculation in experiments two and three than under undefined inoculation in experiment one, and they were also higher for WB than for WB.
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- Tar spot is an escalating disease affecting corn, caused by the fungus Phyllachora maydis, and has been found in 18 U.S. states and one Canadian province as of 2023.
- A new method was developed to successfully infect 100% of corn plants with tar spot, using vacuum-collection tools to harvest spores and maintaining specific humidity and temperature conditions.
- The findings allow for consistent disease study and highlight that storage conditions of spores can significantly influence the success of disease induction.