Physiologic specialisation in Macrophomina phaseoli (Maubl.) Ashby., causing stem rot of jute, corchorus species

Abstract

With eight isolates ofMacrophomina phaseoli, pathogenicity test was conducted on twenty varieties of jute belonging to two species,Corchorus capsularis andC. olitorius. Against six isolates the varieties screened showed different degrees of disease reactions while against the remaining two, all the varieties gave similar resistant reaction. As differential varieties, a minimum of four recognised the seven physiological races ofMacrophomina phaseoli. From the cultural characteristics, however, all the eight isolates differed from each other and were fitted in a dichotomous key as eight cultural races.