Plant Disease Research

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• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Pathogenic variability in isolates of Alternaria brassicae (Berk.) Sacc. from different agro-climatic zones of India

  • Author: M. S. Sangwan, Naresh Mehta

• Disease weather relationship in Ascochyta blight of chickpea in Punjab state

  • Author: T.S. Thind, Vineet K. Sharma, C. Mohan, P.P. Singh, J. Arora, Prem Raj

• In vitro and in vivo evaluation of plant extracts against Hainesia lythri (Desm.) Hohnel causing leaf spot of strawberry

  • Author: Z.A. Badri, M.Y. Ghani, N.A. Qazi, Shahzad Ahmad, Sabiha Ashraf

• Biochemical changes in datepalm leaves infected by Graphiola leaf spot disease caused by Graphiola phoenicis (moug.) poit.

  • Author: G.S. Rathore, Vijay Pal, S.L. Godara

• Survival of Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissler causing blight of sasame

  • Author: L. F. Akbari, A. M. Parikhia

• Study on biologically based management practices of Sclerotinia rot of cauliflower

  • Author: N.D. Cuong, N.P. Dohroo

• Efficacy of fungicidal spray schedules in controlling ber powdery mildew

  • Author: S.K. Thind, Nirmaljit Kaur, P.S. Aulakh

• Integrated management of pea diseases in Lahaul valley

  • Author: Amar Singh, D. K. Banyal

• Survey and distribution of viruses infecting chilli in Northern Telangana zone of Andhra Pradesh

  • Author: R. Jagdeeshwar, R. Ravindra Babu, R.D.V. Prasada Rao, D. Raja Ram Reddy

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Sources of multiple disease and cereal cyst nematode resistance in barley

  • Author: D.P. Singh, K.P. Singh, Satwinder K. Mann, S.S. Karwasra, M.S. Beniwal, R.S. Kanwar, Damanjeet Kaur, Shyam Verma, Dhanbir Singh, V.K. Singh, S.K. Pant, I.K. Kalappanavar, R. Chand, L.C. Prasad, R.N. Singh, A.K. Singh, A.K. Mathur, B.D. Yadav, S.P. Bisnoi, R.S. Beniwal, V.K. Rathee, Kanak Srivastava

• In vitro evaluation of fungicides against Phytophthora colocasiae Racib. the incitant of leaf blight of taro (Colocasia esculenta L.)

  • Author: S.K. Sugha, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar

• Estimation of losses due to leaf curl virus disease infection vis-a-vis plant age in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

  • Author: M.S. Yadav, K.S. Brar

• Variable response of Alternaria brassicae (Berk.) Sacc. isolates to different temperature and pH

  • Author: Satish Kumar, M.S. Sangwan, Naresh Mehta

• Nematicidal potential of phenyl diene derivatives

  • Author: Harpreet Kaur Mattu, V.K. Kaul, M.R. Manrao

• Enrichment of FYM with Trichoderma viride during curing period

  • Author: Vishal Gupta, Dolly Gupta

• Chemical control of sheath blight and brown leaf spot of rice in field

  • Author: Paramjit Singh, Sanehdeep Kaur, PPS Pannu, Parminder Kaur

• Identification of resistant sources in maize against Fusarium stalk rot and common rust

  • Author: Akhilesh Singh

• Pathogenic behaviour of Fusarium moniliforme isolates causing foot-rot disease in basmati rice

  • Author: Vineet K. Sharma, P.S. Bagga

• Phytophthora blight of periwinkle (Vinca rosea) in Kerala

  • Author: Kamala Nayar, M. Suharban, D. Geetha, T. Sajitha Rani

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Problems of exporting potatoes from India-A Pathologist's Perspective

• Epidemic occurrence and impact of two seed borne Helminthosporium species in rice and maize

• Integrated management of seed borne diseases and pests of ginger: A key to sustainable ginger production in Himachal Pradesh

• Pre and post storage treatments: A simple and cost effective method for enhancing the longevity and planting value of seeds

• Occurrence of charcoal rot and bacterial stalk rot of sunflower in Punjab

• Occurrence of diseases on banana crop in Punjab

• Difficulties encountered in the use of disease free seed

• Incidence of viral disease symptoms in Japanese oil mint cultivars

• Characterization of Botryodiplodia theobromae isolates causing die -back and bark canker of pear

• Biochemical diversity in chickpea cultivars tolerant and susceptible to Ascochyta blight disease.

• Genetic diversity in chickpea Against pathogenic variation of Ascochyta rabiei

• Symptom variability in virus infected cucurbits

• Detection of viruses infecting Lilium, Alstroemeria and Tulip

• Effect of Environmental factors on disease and spore population devlopment of Colletotri chum lagenarium causing anthracnose of bottlegourd in Haryana

• Evaluation of meteorological parameters in the development of paddy bunt

• Effect of meteorological parameters on yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis) incidence

• Effect of seasonal variation on leaf blight of wheat

• Effect of wind direction on area, per cent incidence and direction of spread of yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis)

• Identification of stable and diverse sources for resistance aganist yellow rust of barley

• Identification of Gossypium arboreum 1. genotypes resistant to Fusarial Wilt

• Red rot in Sugarcane: Identification of some promising crosses

• Sources of resistance against cotton leaf curl disease in upland cotton

• Performance of different sweet corn genotypes for disease, quality and morphological characters

• Evaluation of different germplasm of European carrot and the effect of planting time on Alternaria blight at Ludhiana during 2006–07

• Reaction of wheat varieties for resistance to cereal cyst nematode, ear cockle and root knot nematodes

• Reaction of some bread wheat lines against Ludhiana population of cereal cyst nematode, Heterodera avenue

• Evaluation of peach root-stocks against root knot nematode

• Chemical control of foliar blight of barley

• Performance of some new fungicides aganist Alternaria blight and white rust of raya

• Management of Botryodiplodia theobromae causing die-back and bark canker of pear in Punjab

• Fungitoxicity of benzal-2-phenylethylamine and its C-phenylderivatives

• Persistence of strobilurins (TM: Stroby, Flint) vis-à-vis mancozeb (Dithane M-45) against Botrytis gladiolorum under field conditions

• Effect of plant spacing in the development of citrus foot rot and sooty mould in Kinnow mandarin

• Fruit drop in Kinnow mandarin and its integrated management

• Control of common pests and pathogens during seasonal cutivation of Agaricus bisporus

• Efficacy of bio-agents and plant extracts against Colletotrichum lagenarium causing Anthracnose of ‘Bottle gourd’

• Evaluation of antifungal potential of botanicals

• Nematicidal potential of 2, 5-Methoxybenzal derivatives

• Nematicidal activity of 3-hydroxybenzalanilines

• Biological potential of substituted Cinnamalanilines

• Fungitoxity of nitrones of 3-nitrobenzaldehyde

• Sensitivity changes in Pseudoperonospora cubensis the cause of cucumber downy mildew to metalaxyl in Punjab

• Effect of botanicals on Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing anthracnose of Yam (Dioscorea alata L.)

• Management of root-knot nematode by green manuring with taramira or toria in tomato and okra

• Effect of different adjoining crops and plant spacings for the management of bud necrosis virus in groundnut

• Nematodes - a limiting factor in the growth of medicinal and aromatic plants

• Perpetuation and host range of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing anthracnose of guava

• Antagonistic microflora from the potato cropping system and its interaction with Rhizoctonai solani causing black scurf of potato and sheath blight rice

• Selection of Trichoderma atroviride and Coniothyrium minitans isolates for suppression of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on the basis of enzymes and metabolites production

• Seed treatment with bioagents to control diseases of groundnut, rice and mungbean

• Effect of Arthrobotrys oligospora inoculations at composting or with casing soil on Ditylenchus myceliophagus population development in white button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus).

• Efficacy of biocontrol agents against foliar diseases of Amercian cotton

• Development of mixed bioformulation of Trichoderma harzianum and Pseudomonas fluorescens and their effects on foliar blight of wheat

• Effect of pre-harvest treatments on the storage rots of ber fruit

• Occurrence of foot rot and blast of basmati rice in Punjab

• Survival and dissemination of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) through tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa) bulbs

• Prevalence of wheat diseases at Ropar