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Stalk and top rot of sorghum caused by Erwinia chrysanthemi in India

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Title Stalk and top rot of sorghum caused by Erwinia chrysanthemi in India
 
Creator Saxena, S C
Mughogho, L K
Pande, S
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description A stalk and top rot disease of sorghum was observed at Pantnagar, India. The disease was severe on a number of genotypes. Infected plants showed signs of wilting of apical leaves and yellowing of lower leaves. Stalks turned brown, were full of bacterial exudate, and collapsed from rotten internodes. Rotting was fast and plants were killed within 2-3 days after symptom appearance. A bacterium consistently associated with disease symptoms was identified as Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae . This is the first report of this bacterium as a cause of stalk and top rot of sorghum under natural conditions in India.
 
Publisher Association of Microbiologists of India
 
Date 1991
 
Type Article
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4866/1/Stalk%20and%20top%20rot%20of%20sorghum%20caused%20by%20Erwinia%20chrysanthemi%20in%20India.pdf
Saxena, S C and Mughogho, L K and Pande, S (1991) Stalk and top rot of sorghum caused by Erwinia chrysanthemi in India. Indian Journal of Microbiology, 31 (4). pp. 435-441. ISSN 0046-8991