Department of Plant Pathology, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad-500 030, India.
The study aims at examining the growth of germ tube of Corynespora cassiicola on leaves of different blackgram varieties viz., LBG 703, LBG 708, LBG 648, LBG 402, and LBG 17 at 15, 40 and 65 days age. The growth of the germ tube was less on the leaves of LBG 703 followed by LBG 708 but the growth was maximum on LBG 402 followed by LBG 17 at all ages of plants. Irrespective of the variety the growth of germ tube was more on the leaves of 65 days plants followed by 40-day and 15-day old plants.
