Diagnosis of foliar diseases of Brassicaceous hosts caused by Alternaria spp. in India

Authors

  • Udit Naraian Dept. of Plant Pathology, C.S.A. Univ. of Agric. amp; Tech., Kanpur-208002 Author
  • Alka Kushwaha Department of Botany, D.A.V. College, Kanpur-208001 Author
  • Shilpi Verma Former Research Scholar, Botany Dept. F.G. College, Rae Bareli-2290001 Author

Keywords:

Alternaria alternata, A. brassicae, A. brassicicola, A. cheiranthi, A. raphani, Brassicaceous hosts, diagnosis amp; disease

Abstract


Brassicaceous hosts (crucifers) constitute the source of cooking oils, high quality of vegetables and ornamental plants. Twelve plants (hosts) of the family Brassicaceae were found to suffer from the attack of five species of genus Alternaria. The symptoms caused by different species of Alternaria, symptom differentiations, morphological characters of all the five causative fungi and their comparative differentiation and the simple key for their ready and correct identification have been given in this communication

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Published

2015-06-16

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2015): Journal of Progressive Science

Section

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