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Frequency and diversity of fungi colonizing tissues of upland cotton
A J Palmateer1, K S McLean, G Morgan-Jones
1Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 209 Life Science Building, Auburn University, AL 36849-5409, USA.
Abstract:
A study of the mycoflora of upland cotton in Alabama was conducted throughout the 2000 and 2001 growing seasons. Plants were sampled at seedling, first bloom, full bloom, and maturity stages of development. Thirty-seven genera representing 58 species of fungi were isolated, including 9 species of Fusarium. Fusarium oxysporum, F. solani, and F. equiseti were the most common members of this genus occurring at all four sampling stages in both years. Eight species accounted for 67% of the total fungi isolated during the two-year study. Alternaria alternata was the most common fungus encountered, accounting for 19 and 10% of the total fungi isolated in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Twenty species of fungi are reported for the first time colonizing upland cotton tissues.
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