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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Mulberry crop affected by many diseases and threatening the mulberry cultivation. Recently, some of the mulberry gardens were infected with soft root rot disease with symptoms like withering and drying of leaves, mucilaginous matrix on bark of the roots resulting roots become soft and ultimately the plant showed epinasty and wilting. The soft root rot disease was observed in Agara (43.76 %), Kebre (32.57%), Thattekere (18.79%) and Gerehalli (13.58%) villages of Ramanagara district and Maddur (7.89 %), Halaguru (16.78 %) and Malavalli (6.58 %) of Mandya district. The pathogen Pythium sp. was isolated from infected roots and identified as Pythium sp. based on morphological characters and proved pathogenicity. The maximum growth of the pathogen was found at 25 °C with pH 7. The maximum growth of the pathogen was found in PDA (90 mm) and V-8 agar (90 mm) media.