Abstract

LOCATION OF MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINAIN SEEDS OF PUMPKIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHARCOAL ROT DISEASE

Pak.J.Bot., 26(1): 177-180,1994.

NASREEN SULTANA, A.K. KHANZADA AND A. GHAFFAR*

Crop Diseases Research Institute, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Karachi University Campus, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.

Using component plating technique Macrophomina phaseolina was isolated from seed coat. tegmen!. cotyledons and embryo of pumpkin seeds. Infected seeds give rise to infected seedlings that transmit the pathogen into the fruits.

* Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.

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