EFFECT OF CULTURE MEDIA ON MYCELIAL GROWTH AND SPORULATION OF TWO ISOLATES OF Alternaria solani, THE CAUSAL AGENT OF EARLY BLIGHT DISEASE OF TOMATO | ||||
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||||
Article 14, Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2015, Page 1135-1141 PDF (427.91 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2015.74714 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Y. M Shabana; A. H. AbouTabl; Ilham M.H. Al-Farhan | ||||
Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Sporulation of Alternaria solani (Ellis and Martin) Jones and Grout, can be scarce and is often reduced when the fungus is cultivated in-vitro. An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of culture media on mycelial growth and sporulation of two isolates of A. solani namely Badr and Al-Tawfiqiyah, in-vitro. Badr isolate gave the highest mycelial linear growth when grown on potato dextrose agar (PDA) and V-8 media. However, it produced maximum yield of conidia on V-8 medium. Al-Tawfiqiyah isolate was best grown but least sporulated on S-medium and PDA. However, its maximum yield of spores was obtained on V-8 medium. Thus, V-8 medium was the best among all media tested for sporulation of both A. solani isolates. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Alternaria solani; sporulation; In-vitro; early blight; Tomato; potato | ||||
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