Abstract
Bacterial blight disease caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis (Berthet-Bondar) Dye was assessed in 11 artificially inoculated cassava genotypes in a screenhouse. Disease progress was estimated at intervals of 3 days by measuring the length of necrotic lesions on stems and leaves, as well as estimating the average disease score and area under disease progress curve (AUDPC). Based on the average disease scores, cassava genotypes 30572, TME 1, TME 7 and TME 9 were classified as resistant to bacterial blight, genotypes 4(2)1425, TME 2, TME 4 and TME 12 were tolerant while cassava genotypes 30001, TME 3, and TME 28 were susceptible. Direct correlations, statistically significant at p < 0.05, were obtained between stem necrosis, leaf necrosis, average disease scores and AUDPC in the 11 cassava genotypes. Screenhouse experiments afford rapid assessment of resistance status of cassava genotypes to bacterial blight in Nigeria.
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