Plant Disease Research

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Eco-friendly approach for suppressing Fusarium wilt of cumin

  • Author: Nitin Chawla, S. Gangopadhyay, B.R. Dhaka

• Effect of date of transplanting and nitrogen doses on development of sheath blight in basmati type rice cv. Pusa 1121

  • Author: P.P. Singh, Mandeep S. Hunjan, Gurpreet Kaur Bansal, Adesh Kumar, P.P.S. Pannu

• Effect of different cultural practices on downy mildew (Peronospora trigonella) of fenugreek and estimation of avoidable losses with seed yield

  • Author: S.K. Goyal, Pankaj Sharma

• Studies in relation to chitosan and its potential to enhance host resistance in Brassica juncea L. against Alternaria blight

  • Author: Neerja Sood, B.S. Sohal

• Effect of environmental factors and inoculum age on fenugreek infection by Peronospora trigonella causing downy mildew

  • Author: S.K. Goyal, Pankaj Sharma

• Induced resistance in Brassica juncea L. against Alternaria blight by foliar application of arachidonic acid

  • Author: Neerja Sood, B.S. Sohal

• Development of an image based expert system for identification of rice diseases and their management

  • Author: Rohit Sharma, Chandermohan , Harinder Singh, M.S. Gill

• Influence of weather parameters on pea rust development and its effect on yield

  • Author: R.S. Bal, A. Kumar

• Status of post flowering stalk rots of maize and associated fungi in Punjab

  • Author: Harleen Kaur, Chander Mohan

• Studies on Curzate M8 (cymoxanil8% + mancozeb 64%) residue in citrus fruits and soil

  • Author: S.K. Thind

• Potential of sugarcane genotypes against red rot in north-west zone and under Punjab conditions.

  • Author: R.S. Gill, Bipen Kumar, K.S Thind, Naveen Kumar

• Management of pathological and physiological fruit drop in Kinnow mandarin

  • Author: S.K. Thind, Anita Arora

• Effect of culture filtrate of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Baryon the activities of oxidative enzymes in calli of Brassica species

  • Author: Santosh Watpade, Naresh Mehta

• Effect of fungicides and bioagents on root rot/wilt complex of pea in Lahaul valley -A cold desert area of Himachal Pradesh in north western Himalayas

  • Author: Pardeep Kumar, Suman Kumar, B.R. Thakur, Y.S. Paul

• Evaluation of plant extracts against Rhizoctonia solani kuhn, the incitant of web blight of urdbean

  • Author: Santosh Kumar, H.S. Tripathi

• In vitro selection of resistant mutants of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) against wilt pathogen (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. zingiberi Trujillo)

  • Author: S.V. Bhardwaj, T. Thakur, R. Sharma, P. Sharma

• Sources of resistance, effectiveness of Xa/xa genes and evaluation of botanicals and non-conventional chemicals against bacterial blight of rice

  • Author: Ram Singh, S. Sunder, D.S. Dodan

• Screening of land races of rice (Oryza sativa) for bacterial blight resistance and marker assisted surveying of known Xa/xa gene(s)

  • Author: S. P. Singh, R. K. Goel, M. S. Hunjan, Y. Vikal, J. S. Lore

• Standardization of screening technique for screening of American cotton germplasm (Gossypium hirsutum L.) against cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD)

  • Author: G.S. Bhatoa, P.S. Sekhon, Dharminder Pathak

• SHORT COMMUNICATION

  Status and weed hosts of Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn, the incitant of sheath blight of rice in Haryana

  • Author: Ram Singh, S. Sunder, D.S. Dodan

• Promising activity of ftuopyram 200 + tebuconazole 200–400 SC against anthracnose and powdery mildew of grapevine

  • Author: Amarjit Singh, Chander Mohan, Harminder Singh, P. K. Amrate, Pardeep Kumar

• Comparative efficacy of different spray schedules against anthracnose and Cercospora leaf spot diseases of grapevine

  • Author: Chander Mohan, Amarjit Singh, Pardeep Kumar, P.K. Amrate

• In vitro efficacy of biocontrol agents and plant origin pesticides against Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria, the incitant of bacterial spot of bell pepper

  • Author: Durga Prashad, S. K. Gupta

• Evaluation of disease control potentiality of certain fungicides in controlling anthracnose disease of bottle gourd

  • Author: R.S. Chauhan, J.N. Bhatia

• Sources of resistance in squash germplasm against viral diseases

  • Author: Manju Sharma, P.D. Thakur, Dharmesh Gupta, A. K. Thakur

• Efficacy of plant extracts for the management of pepper veinal mottle virus in bell pepper

  • Author: Promil Kapoor, P.D. Thakur

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Fifty years of rice research at Punjab Agricultural University

• Management of rice diseases – a thoughtful approach

• Understanding molecular basis of Pi54 mediated blast resistance in rice

• Molecular marker technology for mapping, characterization and transfer of bacterial blight resistance genes in rice

• Scenario of fungal diseases of rice and basmati rice in Punjab, their epidemiology and integrated management

• Status of bacterial blight of rice in Punjab

• Managing fungicide residues problem in basmati rice through IDM approaches for export

• Scenario of diseases and insect-pests of rice in Punjab

• Evaluating weather based predictive models for predicting rice yield in central Punjab

• Identification of Rhizoctonia species associated with sheath blight complex in rice

• Insertion element and RAPD markers based revelation of high level of genomic polymorphism in rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

• Extracellular polysaccharides production underlining aggressiveness of rice bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

• Identification, detection and prevalence of Magnaporthe grisea virulence genes in rice blast hot spot regions

• Siderophore-producing pseudomonads as Rhizoctonia oryzae and Rhizoctonia solani antagonists

• Epidemiological studies on leaf scald disease of rice caused by Rhynchosporium oryzae

• Identification of sources of leaf blast resistance in rice in the mid hills of Himachal Pradesh

• Occurrence of foot rot of basmati rice in Punjab and its integrated management

• Morphological and molecular variability in Rhizoctonia solani infecting rice and potato

• Status of paddy bunt (Tilletia barclayana) in Punjab

• Studies on seed-health status of farmer's saved seed of rice (Oryza sativa L) in Uttar Pradesh

• Studies on efficacy of detection techniques for pathogenic mycoflora in rice seed

• Induction of defense related enzymes and phenolics in response to elicitors in Oryza sativa L. against sheath blight

• Status of Karnal bunt and ear cockle in Punjab (2002–2012)

• Sources of resistance to cereal cyst nematode in barley

• Rapid isolation of genomic DNA from Blumeria graminis f.sp. tritici using CTAB method

• Pathogenic relationship of Fusarium moniliforme sheld. causing Fusarium stalk rot of maize with different hosts

• Status of bacterial stalk rot of maize (Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae) in Punjab

• Role of abiotic environmental factors on the development of bacterial spot (Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria) of bell pepper

• Occurrence of late blight in cherry tomato grown under protected conditions in Himachal Pradesh-A new record

• Studies on the epidemiology of white rust & alternaria leaf blight and their effect on the yield of Indian mustard

• Biological control of damping off of cauliflower

• Status of stripe rust of wheat in Punjab during 2011–12 season

• Status of Ascochyta blight and wilt resistance in large seeded kabuli

• Progressions of leaf crinkle of blackgram in relation to weather variables in Haryana

• Evaluation of bioagents against Rhizoctonia solani causing damping off of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

• Current scenario of sclerotinia rot of rapeseed-mustard in Haryana and Rajasthan

• Occurrence of bacterial red stripe/top rot disease on sugarcane in Punjab

• Identification of bacterial pathogen associated with red stripe/top rot of sugarcane in Punjab

• Distribution of plant parasitic nematodes in citrus nurseries/fruit orchards of Punjab

• Development of citrus canker in relation to environmental conditions

• Evaluation of brand name fungicides against scab (Venturia inaequalis) disease of apple

• Outbreak of garlic rust in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh

• Molecular detection of begomoviruses causing leaf curl disease in various plants in Punjab

• Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA) technique: A reliable method for detecting begomoviruses

• In vitro efficacy of fungicides against Colletotrichum gleosporioides causing fruit drop in Kinnow mandarin

• Efficacy of Kocide (copper hydroxide 46.1%DF) against fruit drop in Kinnow mandarin

• Efficacy of fungicides in controlling foot rot of Kinnow mandarin

• Cowpea mosaic virus and forage quality

• Elite sources of resistance against cotton leaf curl virus disease (ClCud) in American cotton

• Effect of seed treatment and foliar spray with fungicides on foliar blight (Bipolaris sorokiniana) of barley

• Effect of different fungi-toxicants on the growth of Pleurotus sajor-caju and weed fungi under in vitro conditions

• Effect of different temperatures on germination of P. striiformis f. sp. tritci and evaluation of different fungicides

• Performance of popular maize hybrids against bacterial stalk rot under natural conditions in district Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Punjab)

• Evaluation of bionematicide- Biocrust against cereal cyst nematode

• Effect of soil amendment with different plant parts of marigold on root-knot nematode infection in tomato

• Effect of fungicides and water stress on charcoal rot of sunflower incited by Macrophomina phaseolina

• Application of dark field electron microscopy to reveal textural differences in hard to stain biological material

• Residue analysis of metalaxyl in tomato using gas liquid chromatography

• Towards dissecting the resistance phenotype of broad spectrum blast resistant genotype Tetep

• Antifungal activity of some botanicals against Fusarium moniliforme causing sheath rot of rice

• Occurrence of Bipolaris cynodontis on TifDwarf variety of golf course green and its management

• INDEXES

  Author Index