The distribution ofFusarium species in soils planted to millet and sorghum in Lesotho,Nigeria and Zimbabwe |
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Authors: | Nwanma B N Onyike Dr Paul E Nelson |
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Institution: | (1) Fusarium Research Center, Department of Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State, 16802 University Park, PA, USA |
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Abstract: | Samples from soils planted to millet and sorghum from Lesotho, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe were processed and a total of 3,291Fusarium cultures were recovered. Of these 1,296 cultures were isolated from plant debris and 1,995 cultures were recovered from soil dilutions. The most prevalent species recovered wereF. oxysporum (37%),F. equiset (30%),F. solani (14%),F. moniliforme (6%),F. compactum (5%),F. nygamai (4%), andF. chlamydosporum (2%). OtherFusarium species isolated wereF. merismoides, F. polyphialidicum, F. graminearum, F. subglutinans, F. sambucinum, F. longipes, F. semitectum, F. dimerum, F. lateritium, and a group of cultures designated as population A which resembleF. camptoceras. Fusarium equiseti was the predominant species in soil samples from Nigeria and Zimbabwe, whileF. oxysporum was the predominant species recovered from soil from Lesotho.Contribution No. 1881, Fusarium Research Center, Department of Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University. |
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Keywords: | Fusarium oxysporum F equiseti F solani F moniliforme F compactum F nygamai F chlamydosporum Millet Plant debris Soil Sorghum Southern Africa |
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