First Report of Crown Rot Caused by Fusarium algeriense on Wheat in Kyrgyzstan

İsmail ERPER

Fusarium crown rot of wheat is an economically important disease that leads to significant yield and quality losses, especially in arid and semiarid wheat-growing areas worldwide. In June 2020, winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants exhibiting crown rot symptoms were identified in a commercial field in Tokbay (43.033719°N, 74.325623°E), Chuy Province, Kyrgyzstan. Diseased plants were stunted and had brown discoloration on internodes of the stem bases and roots. Disease incidence was ∼3%. Ten plants from the field were sampled at the ripening stage to identify the causal agent. Symptomatic ...Daha fazlası