1. Prevalence of wilt-root rot and their associated pathogens at reproductive phase in lentil.
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Chaudhary, R. G., Saxena, D. R., Dhar, Vishwa, Singh, R. K., and Namdev, J. K.
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LENTILS , *WILT diseases , *PATHOGENIC microorganisms , *FUSARIUM oxysporum , *FUSARIUM diseases of plants - Abstract
A survey of 116 districts of nine lentil growing states covering 603 farmers' fields revealed a range of 0.7-9.3% mean plant mortality at reproductive stages in different lentil growing states of the country. The overall mean mortality was 6.3%. The main pathogens found associated with plant mortality at this stage were Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lentis (62.0%), Rhizoctonia bataticola (25.2%) and Sclerotium rolfsii (9.8%). The minor involvement of 1.8% was that of F. solani, F. chlamydosporum. F. equisetii, and R. solani. For the first time a national scenario of lentil wilt-root rot incidence at the crucial reproductive stage and their associated pathogens is reported here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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