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Maize Seed Predisposed to Fungal Invasion and Aflatoxin Contamination by Helminthosporium maydis Ear Rot. Ben Doupnik, Jr., Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia College of Agriculture Experiment Stations, Coastal Plain Station, Tifton, Georgia 31794, Present address: University of Nebraska South Central Station, Box 66, Clay Center 68933; Phytopathology 62:1367-1368. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-62-1367.

Data from seed samples of maize grown in Georgia in 1970 and 1971 suggest that Helminthosporium maydis ear rot predisposed the seed to fungal invasion and aflatoxin contamination.