Modelling the effect of weather on moisture fluctuations in maize stalk residues, an important inoculum source for plant diseases

DON content in oat grains in Norway related to weather conditions at different growth stages

“…Rainfall is important for conidial dispersal (Xu 2003;Paul et al 2004), thus the positive impact of mean daily precipitation found in our study confirms the importance of spread of the splash dispersed macroconidia (Paul et al 2004;Skelsey and Newton 2015) when the plant is most susceptible to infection (Tekle et al 2012). Rain increases the moisture of crop debris (Manstretta and Rossi 2015) and thus also favours the development of perithecia and maturation of ascospores (Manstretta and Rossi 2016).…”

The distribution of mycotoxins in a heterogeneous wheat field in relation to microclimate, fungal and bacterial abundance

“…). A key aspect in the selection was having maize as a previous crop to increase the presence of pathogens (Manstretta and Rossi ). Forty sampling points were distributed across it.…”

Modelling the influence of crop density and weather conditions on field drying characteristics of switchgrass and maize stover using random forest

“…Models have been previously developed for other crops such as alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) (Dyer & Brown, 1977;Hayhoe & Jackson, 1974;Kemp, Misener, & Roach, 1972) and ryegrass (Lolium perenne) (Wright et al, 2001) which utilise environmental variables and pan evaporation to predict the drying of crops. In the case of CS, models were developed by Womac et al (2005) and Manstretta and Rossi (2015). Womac et al (2005) developed models for the southeast U.S. and found that moisture measured in the morning was significantly greater than moisture in the afternoon.…”

“…However, conditioned stalk also gained greater moisture after rainfall. Manstretta and Rossi (2015) developed models to study the effect of weather on moisture fluctuations in maize stalk residues as an important inoculum source for plant disease in Italy. In the absence of rainfall, they also found a diurnal pattern with decreasing MC during the day and increasing moisture at night.…”