TABLE 1.
Parameters and statistics of the equations describing the relationship between constant temperatures (5 to 40°C), incubation time (0 to 56 days), and production and maturation of Fusarium graminearum perithecia on maize stalk residues in the laboratory
| Equation parametera | Perithecium production |
Perithecium maturation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter estimate | SE | R2 | Parameter estimate | SE | R2 | |
| Tmin | 0 | 0.1 | 0.99 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.99 |
| Tmax | 35 | 0.2 | 30 | 0.2 | ||
| a | 5.937 | 0.038 | 0.907 | 0.037 | ||
| b | 1.668 | 0.012 | 0.200 | 0.013 | ||
| c | 9.334 | 0.430 | 0.492 | 0.085 | ||
| d | 2.807 | 0.152 | 5.618 | 0.374 | ||
| e | 0.106 | 0.007 | 0.195 | 0.008 | ||
a
The regression equation was equation 1 (see Materials and Methods).