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Stalk Rots

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/4704/
 
Title Stalk Rots
 
Creator Pande, S
Karunakar, R I
 
Subject Sorghum
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Stalk rots of sorghum are diseases of great destructive potential Rots caused by the fungi Macrophomina
phaseolina and Fusarium moniliforme appear to be widely distributed stalk diseases
of sorghum. Recently a vascular pathogen, Acremonium strictum that causes leaf and stalk
death, has become important on sorghum.
Improved high-yielding varieties tend to be highly susceptible to these diseases. Losses vary
from season to season and region to region. Grain losses exceeding 15% are not uncommon; as
much as 60% can occur. Several fungi and bacteria are often associated in diseased roots and stalks,
suggesting that stalk rot diseases are of complex etiology. Etiology and host resistance to charcoal
rot, fusarium root and stalk rot, and acremonium wilt are discussed.
 
Date 1992
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4704/1/Stalkrot_219-234_1992.pdf
Pande, S and Karunakar, R I (1992) Stalk Rots. In: International Workshop on Sorghum and millets diseases: a second world review, Mar 1992, ICRISAT Patancheru.