First Report Of Rose Leaf Blight Caused By Botrytis Cinerea From Jammu And Kashmir
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First Report, Rose Leaf, Jammu And KashmirAbstract
Rose (Rosa hybrida), the symbol of beauty and fragrance, is most popular ornamental plant which occupies prominent place in public gardens and private lawns. During June-July 2009 and 2010, blight of leaves and petals was observed on rose cv. ‘Gala Red’ in Nishat garden, Srinagar, J&K (India). On leaves, incipient symptoms observed were water-soaked olive sunken areas or blisters that turned into tan in colour and developed dark margins. Infected petals exhibited water-soaked appearance that ultimately turned brown or brownish black. Under humid conditions, grayish brown powdery spore mass was seen on leaves and petals. Isolation on potato dextrose agar from diseased tissues yielded fungal colonies with a thick creamy white mycelium that produced globose to black oblong grayish black sclerotia within 12-15 days of inoculation at 20±1oC and measured 4.6 x 3.7 mm (Plate 1). Conidia were oval, hyaline, aseptate and measured 2.2 x 1.4 µm. The pathogenicity was established by inoculating healthy rose leaves cv. ‘Gala Red’ with a conidial suspension (4 x 104spore ml-1) using detached leaf technique. The typical disease symptoms developed within 7-10 days of inoculation.
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