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Morphological and molecular diversity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infecting Indian mustard
A S Rathi1, Minakshi Jattan2, Rakesh Punia1
11Department of Plant Pathology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana 125 004 India.
Abstract:
Fourteen isolates of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum were collected from different locations of mustard growing regions of India and were studied for cultural, morphological and molecular variability at CCS HAU, Hisar. Variability was observed for colony colour, type of growth, diameter of mycelial growth, sclerotia initiation, number and pattern of sclerotia formation among the isolates. Mycelial growth and sclerotia initiation were faster in Bhiwani isolate as compared to others. Bhiwani isolate was found to be the most diverse and had least similarity with Chhanibari isolate on the basis of molecular variability. Hence, morphological and cultural variability observed in the present investigation is by and large strongly correlated to molecular marker based variability.
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