A new host for Fusarium algeriense causing crown and root rot on barley in Kyrgyzstan

Sezim COLDOŞBEKOVA | İsmail ERPER

After maize, wheat and rice, barley is the most widely planted and economically important cereal crop in the Kyrgyzstan's highlands (Usubaliev et al., 2013) and worldwide. In two barley fields in the Manas district of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, diseased plants exhibiting crown and root rot, stunting and brown discolouration on internodes were observed in 2020. Disease incidence was approximately 5 in the two fields.Small sections of root and crown tissues from diseased plants were surface sterilised in 1 (v/v) sodium hypochlorite solution for one minute before being placed onto potato dextrose agar ...Более