First report of Macrophomina pseudophaseolina infecting Lens culinaris

Mohamed El Amine Kouadri; Souad Zaim; Ahmed Amine Bekkar

doi:10.1007/s13314-021-00440-0

First Report of a Novel Multi-flowering Germplasm with Fasciated Stem in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.)

Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources ◽

10.5958/0976-1926.2021.00001.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Kuldeep Tripathi ◽

Gyan P Mishra ◽

Gayacharan ◽

Dileep Tripathi ◽

Harsh Kumar Dikshit ◽

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Keyword(s):

Lens Culinaris ◽

First Report

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First Report of Lentil Ascochyta Blight Caused by Ascochyta lentis in Italy

Plant Disease ◽

10.1094/pdis.1999.83.1.77c ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 83 (1) ◽

pp. 77-77

Author(s):

C. Cappelli ◽

R. Buonaurio ◽

R. Torricelli

Keyword(s):

Lens Culinaris ◽

Ascochyta Blight ◽

Central Italy ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Potato Dextrose Agar ◽

Conidial Suspension ◽

First Report ◽

Ascochyta Lentis ◽

Humidity Chamber ◽

Dry Conditions

In May 1997, ascochyta blight incited by Ascochyta lentis Vassiljevsky was observed at an incidence of less than 5% in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) fields in Umbria (Central Italy). Symptoms appeared on leaves and stems as tan spots surrounded by a dark margin. Small black pycnidia that produced a pink exudate containing hyaline, 1 septate, 14.2 to 15.8 × 3.5 μm conidia under high humidity were visible in the center of the spots. The fungus was consistently isolated on potato dextrose agar from diseased leaves or stems. To satisfy Koch's postulates, a conidial suspension (106 conidia per ml) of the fungus was sprayed on leaves of 20-day-old lentil plants (landrace Castelluccio) that were maintained in a humidity chamber for 96 h after inoculation. Lesions resembling symptoms that occurred in the field were observed on plants 3 weeks after inoculation. Symptoms were not observed on control plants sprayed with water. The fungus reisolated from the diseased plants was identical to the original isolates. Based on morphological characteristics of pycnidia and conidia as well as pathogenicity, the fungus was identified as A. lentis. A deep-freeze blotter method (2) was used to detect A. lentis in lentil seeds of 20 local landraces used by Umbrian farmers and two accessions from Canada and Turkey, as well as in seed collected from infected fields. The fungus was present only in the two lentil accessions with an incidence of about 5%. Although the fungus had been isolated from Italian seed germplasm in 1986 (1), this is the first report of ascochyta blight occurring in lentil crops in Italy. The heavy rainfalls that characterize the first stage of lentil cultivation in Umbria are favorable for disease development while hot and dry conditions that usually occur during flowering and maturation prevent the dissemination of inoculum and the infection of the seeds. For these reasons, some Umbrian areas could be more suitable for production of ascochyta-free lentil seeds. References: (1) W. J. Kaiser and R. M. Hannan. Phytopathology 76:355, 1986. (2) T. Limonard. Proc. Int. Seed Test. Assoc. 33:343, 1968.

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First report of Fusarium equiseti causing wilt on lentils (Lens culinaris Medik.) in Pakistan

Journal of Plant Pathology ◽

10.1007/s42161-019-00460-x ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 102 (2) ◽

pp. 571-571

Author(s):

Khola Rafique ◽

Chaudhary Abdul Rauf ◽

Seogchan Kang

Keyword(s):

Lens Culinaris ◽

Fusarium Equiseti ◽

First Report

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First Report of Vascular Wilt on Lentil (Lens culinaris) Caused by Fusarium redolens in Pakistan

Plant Disease ◽

10.1094/pdis-11-19-2519-pdn ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 104 (9) ◽

pp. 2524-2524 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

K. Rafique ◽

S. Kang ◽

Aziz-ud-Din ◽

T. Mahmood ◽

Imran ◽

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Keyword(s):

Lens Culinaris ◽

Vascular Wilt ◽

First Report ◽

Fusarium Redolens

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A fossil Aspergillus from Eocene Dominican amber

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/s0022336000058996 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 62 (01) ◽

pp. 141-143 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Gerard M. Thomas ◽

George O. Poinar

Keyword(s):

Dominican Republic ◽

Fossil Species ◽

First Report ◽

Dominican Amber ◽

Eocene Amber

A sporulating Aspergillus is described from a piece of Eocene amber originating from the Dominican Republic. The Aspergillus most closely resembles a form of the white spored phase of Aspergillus janus Raper and Thom. This is the first report of a fossil species of Aspergillus.

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