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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 |
Taro [Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum [(L.) Schott] suffers extensively throughout the growing season as fungal leaf blight, caused by Phytophthora colocasiae Raciborski. The disease affects the leaves and petioles of taro plants, which are spreading rapidly, and coalesce each other, thus causes extensive damage of the foliage. Resistant cultivar invades the pathogen by structural, rural and biochemical means. However, natural selection of field resistant lines is the key for field management in acquiring resistance against leaf blight of Taro.