MANAGEMENT OF POWDERY MILDEW (ERYSIPHE CICHORACEARUM) OF OKRA THROUGH DIVERSE GERMPLASM

Muhammad Atiq, Asfhaq Ahmad, Shahbaz T. Sahi, Syed A.A. Bukhari, Muhammad Younas, Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad Fahad, Nauman Bashir, Muhammad J. Zaib, Hafeez U. Khan

Abstract


Fifteen okra varieties/Lines (Green water, Hybrid-133 Sanam, Laxmy, PMF-Beauty, Sabzpari, Super Star, Adventa Selection, Okra1548, JK-Tetra-6, Okra-7100, Pusa Sawani, Kirn, Click-5769 and OH-152 were cultivated in experimental area of Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad on April 10,2011to determine their response against powdery mildew of okra under augmented design. No cultivar was found immune. Sabzpari and Hybrid-133 expressed resistant response (2-3%), while Okra-7100, Adventa selection, Okra-1548 and Kirn exhibited moderately resistant (7-9%) while Super star, PMF-Beauty and OH-152 were found moderately susceptible (23-29%) Pusa Swani, JK-Tetra-6, Laxmy and Green water were susceptible (42-47%), while Sanam and Click-5769 were highly susceptible with 76-85% disease incidence.


Keywords


Erysiphe cichoracearum, resistance, catalase, Phenolase.

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Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology
ISSN: 1019-763X (Print), 2305-0284 (Online).
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