First report of powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera xanthii on Luffa acutangula in Odisha State,India |
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| Authors: | Ashish Kumar Nayak Kishore Babu Bandamaravuri |
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| Institution: | 1. Microbial Genomics &2. Diagnostic Lab, Microbiology and Plant Pathology Division, Regional Plant Resource Centre (RPRC), Bhubaneswar, India;3. ashishrprc@gmail.com;5. Department of Plant Pathology, Crop Protection Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, India |
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| Abstract: | AbstractRidge gourd (Luffa acutangula) is an herbaceous perennial twining vine cultivated globally as vegetable and medicinal plant. During October to January in 2014 and 2015, 40% powdery mildew disease incidence was observed in different areas of Odisha state, India. The pathogenicity experiments confirmed the powdery mildew disease symptoms on artificially inoculated L. acutangula seedlings. Causal organism was identified as Podosphaera xanthii on the basis of morphological and molecular studies. This is the first report of powdery mildew disease on L. acutangula caused by P. xanthii. |
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| Keywords: | Luffa acutangula powdery mildew Podosphaera xanthii pathogenicity sequencing |
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