Plant Disease Research

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Molecular variability of Leveillula taurica infecting chilli

  • Author: P. Ahila Devi, V. Prakasam

• Comparative performance of tomato seed treatments against major soil-borne fungi inciting damping-off disease and their effect on seedling vigour

  • Author: Sandeep Jain, Amarjit Singh, Yesmin Kaur, P.S. Sekhon

• Comparative production of pectinases by Fusarium verticilloides (Gibberella fujikuroi) isolates causing Bakanae disease of basmati rice

  • Author: Jaspal Kaur, P.P.S. Pannu, Shikha Sethi, Anita Puyam

• Efficacy of agro-chemicals for management of white mould of French bean

  • Author: Lal Singh Punia, Anita Arora

• Physiological studies on Ustilaginoidea virens causing false smut of rice

  • Author: Ritu Rani, Vineet K. Sharma, Jagjeet S. Lore, P.P.S. Pannu

• Isolation and molecular characterization of rice bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae from Andaman islands, India

  • Author: K. Sakthivel, R. K. Gautam, K. Manigundan, P. K. Singh, G.S. Laha, R. Velazhahan

• Comparative efficacy of inoculation methods and agrochemicals in managing citrus canker (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri)

  • Author: S. K. Thind, Dildeep Singh

• Recent progress in understanding the perpetuation of bacterial canker pathogen of capsicum under protected cultivation in himachal Pradesh

  • Author: Suman Kumar

• Phenotypic diversity in Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae causing bacterial leaf streak of maize

  • Author: Manmohan Dhkal, Mandeep Singh Hunjan, Harleen Kaur

• Efficacy of Paecilomyces lilacinus for the management of citrus nematode, Tylenchulus semipenetrans

  • Author: J.K. Basati, V. K. Kaul

• Effect of different sowing times on growth of wheat crop and development of rice root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola

  • Author: Harish Siag, Jaspreet Singh, Daman Jeet Kaur

• Reaction of muskmelon genotypes to Meloidogyne incognita and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis

  • Author: Harjot Singh, N.K. Dhillon, Jaspal Kaur, V.K. Vashisht

• Distribution of important plant parasitic nematodes associated with wheat in Punjab

  • Author: Harish Siag, Jaspreet Singh, Daman Jeet Kaur

• SHORT COMMUNICATION

  Antifungal activity of essential oils against Sclerotium rolfsii causing collar rot of peppermint

  • Author: A. Muthukumar

• Outbreak of perennial canker (Cryptosporiopsis corticola) in apple from dry temperate region of kinnaur, himachal Pradesh

  • Author: Durga Prashad, I.M. Sharma, Pankaj Gupta, R.S. Chandel, Sushil Dhiman

• Field evaluation of fungicides against powdery mildew (Erysiphe polygoni) of green gram

  • Author: A. K. Ahir, A. B. Brahmbhatt, J. K. Patel

• Occurrence of cotton leaf curl disease on American cotton under changing climate context in Punjab

  • Author: Daljeet Singh

• Compatibility of Trichoderma viride, Pseudomonasfluorescens and Rhizobium spp. with selected fungicides

  • Author: S. J. Sreeja, V. K. Girija

• Management of seedling mortality vis-à-vis different chemicals in American cotton

  • Author: Daljeet Singh

• Evaluation of okra germplasm against powdery mildew

  • Author: Abhishek Pathania, S.K. Gupta

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Crop health management: Are we walking the talk?

• Climate change-Its impact on crop growth

• Current scenario and future issues in management of diseases of vegetables crops under protected cultivation in India

• Management of stripe rust and Karnal bunt of wheat under changing climatic scenario

• Diagnostics of wheat pathogens and their interaction with host: molecular approaches

• Biological control of soil borne plant diseases-success stories

• Strategies for management of fungicide resistance in Phytophthora

• CASE STUDY

  Biosecuring agriculture from exotic viruses: A case study of India

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Changing disease scenario in rice and its management

• Trichoderma: A wonder fungus for agriculture

• Globally emerging plant diseases of field and horticultural crops: A challenge to NBPGR

• Impact of climate change on diseases of millets in India

• Recent advances in the detection of plant diseases

• Evaluation of antibacterial compounds under field conditions against bacterial blight of pomegranate

• Management of pre-harvest stem end rot of sweet orange

• Variability in isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ricini, castor wilt pathogen

• Nursery management of disease complex (bacterial canker and scab) on rangapur acid lime root stock

• Quality of lucerne seed crop as affected by lucerne rust

• Heterosis and combining ability for resistance against tospovirus in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

• Impact of herbicides on soil microorganisms in Tuberose (Polianthes tuberose L.)

• Epidemiological studies of powdery mildew disease of mango in respect of weather parameters

• A soil-less system for culturing rice rootknot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola

• Antagonistic and plant growth promoting potentials of bacteria isolated from organic manures

• Bud blight/bud necrosis virus-a threat to tomato cultivation

• Prevalence of Alternaria leaf and stem blight in Bt cotton in Northern Telangana

• Prevalence of paddy bunt disease in Telangana state

• Screening of resistant sources for sheath blight in Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum)

• Screening of different genotypes of barnyard millet against sheath blight disease incited by Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn

• Antinematode activity of zinc oxide, silicon dioxide, aluminium oxide and silver nanoparticles against Meloidogyne incognita

• Status of wheat diseases in Punjab-A decade under study

• Bio-management of powdery mildew on sunflower caused by Golovinomyces cichoracearum (Erysiphe cichoracearum)

• Efficacy of fungicides against Sclerotinia rot of Capsicum under in vitro and in vivo conditions

• Nutritional and physiological requirements for growth and sclerotial formation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing white rot of capsicum

• Impact of KVK interventions on disease status of paddy and basmati in district Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar

• Off season management of field soil for control of castor wilt disease

• Efficacy of native strains of bioagents for the control of Pythium aphanidermatum and Rhizoctonia solani causing damping-off in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L.)

• Yield losses in basmati rice due to blast in district Sangrur of Punjab

• Comparative performance of tomato seed treatments against major soil-borne fungi inciting damping-off disease and their effect on seedling vigour

• Development of screening technique for artificial creation of epiphytotic of false smut in rice

• Screening of guava genotypes against anthracnose

• AM fungi, biocontrol agents and other bio-resources affect apple growth in replant disease soil

• Efficacy of Dimethomorph 12% + Pyraclostrobin 6.7% WG against Downy Mildew in grapes

• Host plant resistance in different black gram cultivars against anthracnose

• Investigations on production of gibberellic acid and fusaric acid by Fusarium moniliforme and their relationship with pathogenicity

• Effect of different carbon, nitrogen sources and temperatures on growth of Ustilaginoidea virens causing false smut of rice

• Standardization of artificial inoculation method and evaluation of resistance against Ustilago hordei

• Efficacy of agro-chemicals for management of white mould of French bean

• New report of chrysanthemum (Dendranthem grandiflora = Chrysanthemum morifolium) rust (Puccinia horiana henn) in Karnataka

• Current scenario of Pearl millet diseases in India

• Exploiting systemic acquired resistance against downy mildew of muskmelon caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis

• Fusarium spp. responsible for dry rot of potato and their chemical management

• Status of pest and diseases and management of pest complex in mulberry

• Common disease problems of Eucalyptus in Punjab

• Efficacy of chemicals against Dickeya zeae causing agent of bacterial stalk rot disease of maize

• Biochemical responses associated with resistance to bacterial leaf streak of maize (Zeae mays)

• Management of root knot nematode in organic farming systems

• Varietal screening of onion for resistance against purple blotch [Alternaria porri (Ellis) Cifferi]

• Variability among isolates of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary causing stem rot of rapeseed-mustard

• Evaluation of parental lines and their hybrids of sunflower for resistance to different diseases

• Identification and characterization of indigenous ergosterol producing antifungal Trichoderma isolates from tomato rhizosphere

• Screening of gladiolus genotypes against major fungal diseases

• Evaluation of antagonistic potentials of rhizospheric Bacillus spp. from Jhum cycles of Meghalaya

• In vitro evaluation of fungitoxicity of aqueous extracts of some plants against the fungal pathogens of rice

• Interaction of Meloidogyne incognita and tomato leaf curl joydebpur virus infecting chilli

• Use of bio-agent formulations and new molecules for the management of seed and soil borne diseases of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius l.)

• Evaluation of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) germplasm for resistance to sterility mosaic disease

• Study of bud borer and leaf blight incidence in different cultivars of chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora l.)

• Ecofriendly management of taro leaf blight caused by Phytophthora colocasiae

• Mass multiplication of native Trichoderma viride from Tripura with locally available substrates

• Screening of maize hybrids against Turcicum leaf blight in Himachal Pradesh

• Investigation on Colletotrichum dematium causing blight of safed musli

• Changing scenario of diseases in tomato in Telangana

• Integrated disease management of bud necrosis virus infecting tomato Lycopersicon escultentum Mill in Andhra Pradesh

• Fungicidal management of sorghum grain mold at different stages

• Influence of Piriformospora indica (pgpre), nutrients and growing systems on root growth, root colonization in Dendrobium cv. Earsakul

• Awareness to farmers about rice diseases in Meghalaya through expert system

• Diversity of fumonisin producing Fusarium spp. in maize under Punjab conditions

• Survey for incidence of fruit rot of chilli in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

• Efficacy of Paecilomyces lilacinus for the management of citrus nematode, Tylenchulus semipenetrans

• Eco-friendly management of sheath rot {Sarocladium oryzae (sawada) gams and hawksworth} in rice under in-vitro condition

• Prevalence of drechslera leaf spot of poplar in nurseries and plantations

• Detection of seed-borne mycoflora of chickpea

• Nematicidal efficacy of bionematicide actionovate against Meloidogyne incognita

• Disease scenario in medicinal and aromatic crops in Telangana

• Nematode problems in changing cropping sytems

• Management of post harvest anthracnose disease in mango by pre and post harvest treatments

• Emergence of Choanephora cucurbitarum, the causal agent of twig blight of chilli, as a major pathogen under change in climatic condition in west Bengal

• Effect of different sowing times on growth of wheat crop and development of rice rootknot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola

• Incidence and progress of fungal foliar leaf spots of cotton under changing climate context

• Effect of weather variables on cottton leaf curl disease (ClCud) in south western Punjab

• Impact of weather parameters on wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. gladioli) of gladiolus

• Effect of moisture and temperature on growth of seed-borne Aspergillus sp., in peanut seeds on storage

• Study on impact of climate variations on Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.)schott.) leaf blight incidence and yield

• Climate change and its impact on rice diseases in Telangana state

• Influence of climate change on the incidence of tomato leaf curl virus

• Performance of oyster mushrooms in different seasonal conditions of Telangana

• Pathogenic and genetic profile of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae isolates from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

• Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and its antifungal activity against Fusarium incarnatum (Desm.) Sacc., incitant of wilt in crossandra

• A meteorological method for forecasting karnal bunt (T. indica Mitra) of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

• Development of rapid polymerase chain reaction based diagnostics techniques for detection of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV)

• Study of candidate pathogenicity genes of Rhizoctonia solani Ag-1iA causing sheath blight of rice in North India

• Genetic diversity of Pseudomonas fluorescens strains isolated from the rhizosphere of Basmati rice of North western himalayan region

• Integrated disease management schedules in relation to epidemiology of the apple scab

• Morphological and genetic diversity among Colletotrichum capsici isolates

• Evaluation of advanced aromatic rice breeding lines for multiple disease resistance in Punjab

• INDEXES

  Author Index Vol. 30 (1 & 2)