DEAD SKIN ON YAMS (DIOSCOREA-ALATA) CAUSED BY COLLETOTRICHUM-GLOEOSPORIOIDES

Authors
GREEN KR SIMONS SA
Citation
Kr. Green et Sa. Simons, DEAD SKIN ON YAMS (DIOSCOREA-ALATA) CAUSED BY COLLETOTRICHUM-GLOEOSPORIOIDES, Plant Pathology, 43(6), 1994, pp. 1062-1065
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Agriculture
Journal title
Plant Pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320862
Volume
43
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1062 - 1065
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0862(1994)43:6<1062:DSOY(C>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A storage rot of yams (Dioscorea alata), commonly referred to as 'dead skin', has recently become a major constraint to yam production in th e Caribbean. The fungal pathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides was co nsistently isolated from affected tubers and re-inoculation of healthy yam tubers resulted in the development of typical symptoms of dead sk in.