Survival ability of benomyl resistant isolate of Fusarium solani causing dry rot of Elephant foot yam

The Present investigation was undertaken to find out survival ability of benomyl resistant Fusarium solani causing dry rot of Elephant foot yam [Amorphophallus paeoniifolious (Dennst.) Nicolson]. On untreated corms, population of resistant strain reduced from passage to passage, however, in case of benomyl treated corms, resistant population increased from passage to passage. The benomyl treatment to the corms resulted in survival of resistant population up to 4 th passage, indicating its fitness for survival dominating the sensitive population.