
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Osuinde, M. I. 
A1  - Daibo, O. O. 
T1  - Wilt disease of <emph type="2">Arachis hypogaea</emph> L. in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1999
VL  - 39
IS  - 1
SP  - 39
EP  - 42
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA97099 
N2  - Summary. A 2-year survey (1993, 1994) of peanut farms in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria, showed that 21.5 &#177; 1.1% of the crop was affected by wilt disease. The microflora associated with the roots of wilted peanut plants were Penicillium oxalicum Currie and Thom (15.2%), P. citrinum Thom (12.3%), Fusarium oxysporum Schlect. I (35.6%), F. oxysporum II (55.3%), F. oxysporum III (26.8%), F. solani (Mart.) Sacc. I (6.3%), F. solani II (10.5%), Aspergillus niger Van Tieghem (5.5%), Trichoderma koningii Rifai (15.0%) and Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. (5.0%). Others included Ralstonia (Pseudomonas) solanacearum (Smith) Smith (5.0%), Rhizobium sp. (20.0%) and Bacillus sp. (15.3%). Pathogenicity tests using 106 fungi spores/mL and 106 cells of bacteria isolates/mL showed that Fusarium oxysporum was responsible for the wilting of peanut seedlings in this locality. 
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