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A new record of root rot of broad bean (Vicia faba) from the Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. Ibrahim
Affiliation:
Hudeiba Agricultural Research Station, P.O. Box 31, Ed-Damer, Sudan
M. M. Hussein
Affiliation:
Hudeiba Agricultural Research Station, P.O. Box 31, Ed-Damer, Sudan

Summary

Fusarium solani f. sp. fabae Yu & Fang was isolated from root-rotted field bean (Vicia faba)plants at the Research Farm, Hudeiba Agricultural Research Station, Northern Province, Sudan. This is the first record of this fungus on field beans in the Sudan. Cultural and morphological characteristics of the fungus on potato-dextrose agar (PDA) and the symptoms caused are described.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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