Open AccessFirst report of Alternaria sp. causing leaf blight disease on parthenium weed in India
Author(s) -
Kaur M.,
Aggarwal N.K.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new disease reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2044-0588
DOI - 10.5197/j.2044-0588.2015.031.025
Subject(s) - parthenium hysterophorus , biology , blight , conidium , botany , alternaria , mycelium , potato dextrose agar , weed , agar , genetics , bacteria
Congress grass, Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae), is known as a notorious weed in India and around the world (Kaur et al., 2014). From 2012 to 2014, a survey on the occurrence of the natural fungal pathogens of P. hysterophorus was…