Stem rot, a new disease of potato in West Bengal, India
S. Dutta A B , P. P. Ghosh A and S. P. Kuiry AA Plant Health Clinic Unit, Directorate of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani, Nadia, 741235, West Bengal, India.
B Corresponding author. Email: subrata_mithu@yahoo.co.in
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 80-81 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09034
Submitted: 21 July 2009 Accepted: 29 July 2009 Published: 10 August 2009
Abstract
After observing severe symptoms of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on the lower parts of potato plants some sclerotia were sampled. Infected plants were taken from the field and isolations from those plants yielded Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, which was identified on the basis of morphology. This is the first report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on potato in West Bengal, India.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Dr S. Jha for his guidance and excellent technical assistance and Bayers Crop Science Ltd, Kolkata, for assistance in field level investigations.
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