Report on Phytophthora sp. Causing Corm Rot of Colocasia (Colocasia esculenta L.) from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Divi Niharika Nirmala,
Abhilasha A. Lal,
Sobita Simon
Abstract:Taro [(Colocasia esculenta L.) Schott] also known as old cocoyam or true cocoyam is a water-loving herbaceous plant. Taro is affected by major diseases and pests in different parts of the world but among them taro blight and corm rot caused by a fungus-like oomycete Phytophthora colocasiae Racib is most important disease. The infected corm samples were collected from markets in two districts of Andhra Pradesh and the experiment was carried out based on Koch’s postulates in the Department of Plant Pathology, SH… Show more
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