The Effects on Maize Yield Loss of Blister Smut Disease Caused by Ustilago maydis: A Case Study from Azerbaijan
Gunel Arzuman Ramazanova1, Gulnara Fakhreddin Abbasova2*, Khalsa Ibrahim Nasibova3 and Sait Engindeniz4
1Azerbaıjan State Agricultural University, Faculty of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Department of Plant Protection, Ganja-Azerbaijan; 2Azerbaıjan State Agricultural University, Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, Ganja-Azerbaijan; 3Azerbaıjan State Agricultural University, Faculty of Agricultural Economics, Department of Economics of Agrarian Sector, Ganja-Azerbaijan; 4Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Izmir, Turkey.
*Correspondence | Gulnara FakhreddinAbbasova, Azerbaıjan State Agricultural University, Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, Ganja-Azerbaijan; Email: abbasovag13@gmail.com
Figure 1:
Spores of the fungus-Ustilago maydis.
Figure 2:
A: Organ infected with the disease; B: Black teliospore cover in cross section.
Figure 3:
Incubated cultures.
Table 5:
Income loss due to yield loss caused by the disease (2022).
Table 6:
Income loss due to yield loss caused by the disease (2023).