First report of downy mildew on Lepidium sativum in India

Kunal Mandal; Prakash R. Patel; Satyabrata Maiti

doi:10.1071/DN08029

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First report of downy mildew on Lepidium sativum in India

Kunal Mandal ^A , Prakash R. Patel ^B and Satyabrata Maiti ^A ^C

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^A National Research Centre for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Boriavi, Anand, Gujarat 387310, India.

^B Department of Biosciences, Sardar Patel University, V.V. Nagar, Anand, Gujarat 388120, India.

^C Corresponding author. Email: satyabratamaiti@hotmail.com

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3(1) 73-74 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN08029
Submitted: 20 April 2008 Accepted: 16 May 2008 Published: 5 June 2008

Abstract

Downy mildew caused by Hyaloperonospora parasitica on different members of Brassicaceae has been reported from different parts of the world. In India, the pathogen is recorded for the first time on Lepidium sativum. Proper management strategies need to be formulated against this disease as incidence is increasing.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr O. Constantinescu, Uppsala University, Sweden for confirming the identity of the pathogen.

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