Pathogenicity of some Fungi to Parthenium, an Obnoxious Weed in Madhya Pradesh

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Authors

  • Department of Biological Science, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur - 482 001 ,IN
  • Department of Biological Science, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur - 482 001 ,IN
  • Department of Biological Science, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur - 482 001 ,IN
  • Department of Biological Science, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur - 482 001 ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/1991/15232

Keywords:

Parthenium hysterophorus, Fungi, Control Potential.

Abstract

Pathogenicity of nineteen fungi isolated earlier from living and diseased parts of exotic weed Parthenium hysterophorus L., in Madhya Pradesh was tested. Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Alternaria alternata, A. dianthi, A. macrosporus, Myrothecium roridum, Fusarium oxysporum, F. moniliforme, Phoma herbarum and Bipolaris sp. were found to cause considerable damage to the weed under laboratory conditions.