Open AccessFirst report of Diaphorthe masirevicii causing leaf blight of Gloriosa superba in India
Author(s) -
Naveen J.,
Navya H.M.,
Hithamani G.,
Niranjana S.R.,
Hariprasad P.
Publication year - 2018
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.2044-0588.2018.037.013
Subject(s) - spots , conidium , biology , leaf spot , blight , mycelium , potato dextrose agar , botany , hypha , fungus , internal transcribed spacer , horticulture , agar , phylogenetic tree , biochemistry , genetics , bacteria , gene
Gloriosa superba (Glory lily, Colchicaceae) is an endangered perennial climbing herb, grown in Africa and Asia for its medicinal properties (Jain & Suryavanshi, 2010). A leaf blight disease (Fig. 1) was observed during surveys …