First Record of Sclerotinia Foliage Blight Disease on Pepper under Protected Cultivation System in Egypt | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology | ||||
| Article 16, Volume 39, Issue 2, December 2011, Page 209-210 PDF (838.62 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejp.2011.230221 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Nehal S. El-Mougy   ; Mohamed D.H. Aly; Elsaid I. Imbabi; Mokhtar M Abdel-Kader
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| Plant Pathology Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| During the winter season of 2011, a sever Sclerotinia foliage blight disease symptoms were observed on sweet and hot pepper plants grown in the Protected Cultivation Station, Ministry of Agriculture located at Tookh province, Qalubiya governorate. Disease symptoms appeared as brown lesions formed at the apical part of branches in infected plants. Under humid conditions, formed lesions may expand and girdle the twigs, therefore, bud wilt and twig death follow. A cottony white mycelium develops around diseased areas with black irregularly shaped sclerotia, also watery soft rot of formed fruits take place (Fig. 1). The causal fungus was isolated and identified as Sclerotinia minor Jagger. According to the available literatures, this is thought to be the first record of Sclerotinia foliage blight disease of pepper in Egypt. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Pepper; Sclerotinia Foliage Blight; Sclerotinia minor; First Record | ||||
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