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Host range and cross inoculation studies on Macrophomina phaseolina from sunflower

Volume : 92
Issue: Apr-jun
Pages: 238 - 240
Published: June 13, 2023
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Abstract


M. Phaseolina isolated from sunflower infected all the 22 plants tested but failed to infect finger millet, pearl millet, haryali, nutgrass, mookkuthipoondu and saranai. M. phaseolina isolates from sunflower, blackgram, greengram, cowpea, sesame and cotton were cross pathogenic. Sunflower and blackgram isolates were the most aggressive while those of sesame and cotton were the least virulent. There was a positive correlation between M. phaseolina infection and the crop plants belonging to botanical families Fabaceae, Pedaliaceae, Asteraceae and Malvaceae.

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238 - 240
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Macrophomina phaseolina Host range Cross infection
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