First report of southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in Nigeria

Southern blight of soyabeans caused by S. [Corticium] rolfsii, was observed for the first time in Nigeria, in field nurseries at Bukuru, near Jos in the Plateau State, in 1989. Over 40% of plants in plots of the cultivar TGx 1025-12E were blighted 2 weeks after the plots had been rogued to eliminate...

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Autores principales: Akem, C.N., Dashiell, Kenton E.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Scientific Societies 1991
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101749
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Dashiell, Kenton E.
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description Southern blight of soyabeans caused by S. [Corticium] rolfsii, was observed for the first time in Nigeria, in field nurseries at Bukuru, near Jos in the Plateau State, in 1989. Over 40% of plants in plots of the cultivar TGx 1025-12E were blighted 2 weeks after the plots had been rogued to eliminate plants infected by C. rolfsii. Symptoms included yellowing, browning and wilting of entire plants. A white mat of fungal mycelia and numerous tan to brown spherical sclerotia were present on stem bases, leaf debris and the soil surface around infected plants. C. rolfsii was isolated by plating washed and surfaced-disinfested stem segments of symptomatic plants and sclerotia obtained from the field on acidified potato-dextrose agar at 25°C. Plants of TGx 1025-12E were inoculated in the greenhouse with the isolate of C. rolfsii; typical symptoms were observed and the pathogen was reisolated. Yields from the diseased plants averaged 683 kg/ha, a decrease of 59% from yields of TGx 1025-12E in the same field, under the same management practices, during 1987 and 1988.
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spelling CGSpace1017492024-05-15T05:12:07Z First report of southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in Nigeria Akem, C.N. Dashiell, Kenton E. soybeans plants greenhouses Southern blight of soyabeans caused by S. [Corticium] rolfsii, was observed for the first time in Nigeria, in field nurseries at Bukuru, near Jos in the Plateau State, in 1989. Over 40% of plants in plots of the cultivar TGx 1025-12E were blighted 2 weeks after the plots had been rogued to eliminate plants infected by C. rolfsii. Symptoms included yellowing, browning and wilting of entire plants. A white mat of fungal mycelia and numerous tan to brown spherical sclerotia were present on stem bases, leaf debris and the soil surface around infected plants. C. rolfsii was isolated by plating washed and surfaced-disinfested stem segments of symptomatic plants and sclerotia obtained from the field on acidified potato-dextrose agar at 25°C. Plants of TGx 1025-12E were inoculated in the greenhouse with the isolate of C. rolfsii; typical symptoms were observed and the pathogen was reisolated. Yields from the diseased plants averaged 683 kg/ha, a decrease of 59% from yields of TGx 1025-12E in the same field, under the same management practices, during 1987 and 1988. 1991 2019-06-25T17:09:05Z 2019-06-25T17:09:05Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101749 en Limited Access Scientific Societies Akem, C.N. & Dashiell, K.E. (1991). First report of Southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in Nigeria. Plant Disease, 75(5), 537
spellingShingle soybeans
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Akem, C.N.
Dashiell, Kenton E.
First report of southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in Nigeria
title First report of southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in Nigeria
title_full First report of southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in Nigeria
title_fullStr First report of southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed First report of southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in Nigeria
title_short First report of southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in Nigeria
title_sort first report of southern blight caused by sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in nigeria
topic soybeans
plants
greenhouses
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