National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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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 |
Black scurf also known as stem canker disease on potato is causing an economically losses to the potato crops which causes both quantitative and qualitative damage occurs in potato production areas worldwide. The pathogen limits the growth by forming cankers on sprouts, underground stems, and stolons, and makes tubers lewd by producing black scurf (sclerotia) on tuber surfaces. In the present investigation, 18 potato varieties were screened against black scurf caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Out of eighteen varieties, three varieties expressed immune response, seven varieties found resistant, six varieties found moderately resistant, whereas the variety Kufri Ashok and Kufri Pukhraj expressed moderately susceptible and highly susceptible reaction respectively. None of the variety showed susceptible reaction.
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