Open AccessFirst report of anthracnose of elephant foot yam caused by Colletotrichum siamense in India
Author(s) -
Prasad L.,
Javeria S.,
Kumar B.,
Sharma P.
Publication year - 2017
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.2044-0588.2017.036.021
Subject(s) - conidium , potato dextrose agar , biology , mycelium , spore , spots , botany , seta , horticulture , fungus , crop , agar , agronomy , genetics , bacteria , genus
Elephant foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) is an important aroid vegetable tuber crop in tropical/sub-tropical areas and is also used as medicine. Elephant foot yam plants exhibiting pale to tan spots on leaves were observed (Fig 1)…