Can pyraclostrobin and epoxiconazole protect conventional and stay-green maize varieties grown under drought stress?

ABSTRACT: Risks associated with drought are increasing and are a global problem. Therefore, there is a need for new solutions for the safe production of food, while maintaining respect for the environment. Fungicides are designed to protect maize plants against disease, but some of the active substances used in preparations can also promote plant growth, which is known as the 'physiological effect'. However, there is a paucity of information as to how some of the 'new generation' fungicides act in stimulating grain yield in plants under abiotic stress, especially drought. Therefore, the effects of these products on conventional and stay-green maize varieties need to be better understood in order to reduce losses caused by droughts and to maximize production. In this study, the effect of a pyraclostr

SUBMITTER: Sulewska H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6701797 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature