First Report of Botryosphaeria dothidea on Mangifera indica L. in Gujarat |
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| Authors: | Vijya Rabari Purvi Rakhashiya Pooja Patel Vrinda Thaker |
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| Institution: | Centre for Advance Studies in Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India |
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| Abstract: | A leaf spot disease was observed on Mangifera indica L. located in the region of Rajkot, Gujarat, India. The symptoms included the appearance of small, circular to oval dark brown necrotic sunken spots on the leaves. The fungus formed grey to dark grey on potato dextrose agar and conidia were single‐celled, ovoid or oblong. On the basis of mycological characteristics, pathogenicity test and molecular identification using 28S rDNA sequence and internal transcribed spacer (ITS), the fungus was identified as Botryosphaeria dothidea. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of leaf spot on M. indica tree caused by Botryoshaeria dothidea in Gujarat, India. |
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| Keywords: |
Botryosphaeria dothidea
leaf spot Mangifera indica L |
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