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Zea mays L. (Maize)

Suggested Literature

Zea mays may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Zea mays:

(live) live is parasitised by uredium Puccinia sorghi - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
(live) live is parasitised by teliu Puccinia sorghi - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
green parts (live) live green parts may be infected and damaged by erumpent sorus Ustilago maydis - Maize Smut (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) UK/Ireland Restricted Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
inflorescence (live, distorted) live, distorted inflorescence may be infected and damaged by erumpent sorus Ustilago maydis - Maize Smut (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) UK/Ireland Restricted Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fungus infected) dead, fungus infected leaf is decayed by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Lewia infectoria - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta straminea - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes grey or yellowish brown spots]
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of adult Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of larva Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [larvae covered in excrement]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Lewia infectoria - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, fungus infected) dead, fungus infected stem is decayed by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Lewia infectoria - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Zea mays may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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