First record of leaf blight on Mangifera indica seedlings caused by Cylindrocladium mangiferae sp. Nov.
Sangeetha Chinnusamy, Manjunath Hubballi, Beena Saralemma
Author Affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, Centre for Plant Protection Studies Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003, India.
Middle East Journal of Scientific Research 21 : 2306-2307
Abstract : A foliage disease of mango graft (Mangifera indica, Anacardiaceae) was noticed in ten different nurseries located in thrissur. Symptoms including leaf blight and defoliation were observed on young seedlings (10-12 months old). The pathogen associated with the leaf blight symptom was isolated on potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium. Based on pathogenicity, morphology, cultural characters was identified as Cylindrocladium mangiferae sp. Nov. Further the identity was confirmed by National Center of Fungal Taxonomy, New Delhi (NCFT, No. 1772.07).