Botyrosphaeria Dothidea Associated With White Rot And Stem Bark  Canker Of Apple In Jammu & Kashmir

Nisar Ahmad Khan; Mushtaq Ahmad; Y M  Ghani

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Nisar Ahmad Khan Division of Plant Pathology, S.K. University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar (J&K) 191 121 - India
Mushtaq Ahmad Division of Plant Pathology, S.K. University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar (J&K) 191 121 - India
Y M Ghani Division of Plant Pathology, S.K. University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar (J&K) 191 121 - India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Apple trees, Botryosphaeria dothidea, disease incidence, Jammu & Kashmir, stem bark canker, white rot

Abstract

Apple orchards in nine locations of Kashmir valley were surveyed in 2006 and 2007 for white rot and stem canker bark disease. Maximum disease incidence was noticed on scaffold branches and trunks of the trees. The anamorph of causal pathogen of white rot and stem canker was identified as Fusicoccum aesculi Corda, while the teleomorph as Botryosphaeria dothidea (Mung.Fr.) Ces. & De Not. Botryosphaeria dothidea is reported for the first time from the Jammu and Kashmir State.

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