First Report of Fusarium oxysporum causing Fusarium wilt on Thuja orientalis in India
V. B. Raghavendra A , N. Sunayana A , M. Govindappa B , A. J. Mahadesh Prasad C , S. T. Girisha D and S. Lokesh A EA Department of Studies in Applied Botany, Seed Pathology and Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, Karnataka 570 006, India.
B Institute of Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Borlaug Center for Southern Crop Improvement, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 88743-2123, USA.
C Department of Studies in Biochemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, Karnataka 570 006, India.
D Yuvaraja’s Degree Science College, Mysore, Karnataka 570 006, India.
E Corresponding author. Email: viragh_79@yahoo.com
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 87-88 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07035
Submitted: 15 January 2007 Accepted: 30 May 2007 Published: 14 June 2007
Abstract
Fusarium oxysporum was recorded for the first time on Thuja orientalis trees in the Mysore University campus during 2006–07. Thuja trees are important because of their antifungal and antibacterial properties. The fungus was isolated from the wilted plant parts and subsequent reinoculation of the same to healthy plants confirmed the pathogen as the causal organism.
