Abstract
Inspection of 16 017 samples of soybean seeds imported into India from 1978 to 2004 resulted in the detection of 21 pathogens, including Peronospora manshurica which is not present in India. Seed‐borne fungi of high economic significance included: Ascochyta sojicola, Botryotinia fuckeliana, Cercospora kikuchii, Colletotrichum dematium, Corynespora cassicola, Diaporthe phaseolorum var. sojae, Fusarium oxysporum, Glomerella cingulata, Glomerella glycines, Macrophomina phaseolina, Nectria haematococca, Passalora sojina, Thanatephorus cucumeris as well as other fungal pathogens for which soybean is not a host such as Alternaria padwickii, Cochliobolus sativus, Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium poae, Glomerella graminicola, Setosphaeria rostrata, Verticillium albo‐atrum, etc. Some of the fungi detected have very wide host range. Details are presented on the fungi detected, the countries from which the imported consignments originated, and phytosanitary significance.
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