First report of an Oidium sp. [neolycopersici] on Solanum betaceum in India

P. Baiswar; U. Braun; S. Chandra; S. V. Ngachan

doi:10.1071/DN09013

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First report of an Oidium sp. [neolycopersici] on Solanum betaceum in India

P. Baiswar ^A ^C , U. Braun ^B , S. Chandra ^A and S. V. Ngachan ^A

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^A ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam-793103, Meghalaya, India.

^B Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Biologie, Bereich Geobotanik, Herbarium, Neuwerk 21, D-06099 Halle/S, Germany.

^C Corresponding author. Email: pbaiswar@yahoo.com

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 32-33 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09013
Submitted: 18 July 2008 Accepted: 12 March 2009 Published: 6 April 2009

Abstract

In February 2008, a severe outbreak of powdery mildew disease was observed on Solanum betaceum in India. Based on the morphological characters, the pathogen was identified as an Oidium [neolycopersici] sp. morphologically similar to O. neolycopersici. This is the first report of this fungus causing powdery mildew on S. betaceum in India.

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