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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Pathophysiological and Anatomical Studies
on Infected Maize Plants (Zea mays L.)
with Magnaporthiopsis maydis
1
Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh
11671, Saudi Arabia
2
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia
3
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Science, University of Bisha, P. O. Box 551, 61922, Bisha, Saudi Arabia
4
Plant Pathology Branch, Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-
Sheikh 33516, Egypt
5
Biology Department, University College of Tayma, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 47512, Saudi Arabia
6
EPCRS Excellence Center, Plant Pathology and Biotechnology Lab., Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University,
33516, Egypt
Submission date: 2025-01-15
Final revision date: 2025-02-11
Acceptance date: 2025-05-24
Online publication date: 2025-07-28
Corresponding author
Khaled Abdelaal
EPCRS Excellence Center, Plant Pathology and Biotechnology Lab., Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Egypt
EPCRS Excellence Center, Plant Pathology and Biotechnology Lab., Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Egypt
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ABSTRACT
Late wilt disease is a destructive disease of maize crops caused by Cephalosporium maydis. So,
field experiments were conducted during the two summer growing seasons, 2020 and 2021, to follow up
on the growth of this fungus during plant growth stages by studying the morphological-physiological
and anatomical characteristics of infected maize plants. The results showed that disease incidence
was increased in the sensitive variety TWC 324 (V2), followed by SC 128 (V3) and SC10 (V1). Also,
protein, total phenols, total carbohydrates, total chlorophyll, and enzyme activities such as polyphenol
oxidase, peroxidase, and phenylalanine ammonia lyase were increased in the resistant variety SC10 (V1)
compared with the sensitive variety TWC 324 (V2). The highest levels of these characters were recorded
at 100 days from sowing. Furthermore, the anatomical characteristics of the roots and stems showed
that the root and stem diameter, epidermis thickness, cortex thickness, length and width of the vascular
bundle, phloem thickness, and xylem vessel diameter were decreased in the sensitive variety TWC
324 (V2) compared with the resistant variety SC10 (V1). Generally, the improvement in physiological
and anatomical characteristics of maize variety SC10 (V1) displays the resistance mechanism to
Cephalosporium maydis, which causes late wilt disease.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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