BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences

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  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue: 2

Survey of watermelon wilt disease in Maharashtra

Mycology and Plant Pathology Research Laboratory Department of Botany, Bharati Vidyapeeths, M.B.S.K., Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Kadegaon

1Department of Botany, Krantisinh Nana Patil College, Walwa

Abstract

A survey was conducted during 2022 to 2023 to investigate occurrence and distribution of Fusarium wilt on watermelon in various parts of Maharashtra. Total 17 samples were collected from various locations and nearby places. It was observed that the infection range and severity of wilt pathogen has a widerange of occurrence.

Keywords

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mastum. & Nakai, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.niveum, Survey, Wilt