Isolation of Cylindrocarpon hederae from crown and root of rice in Ilam and Fars

Subject Areas : Plant Protection

Zeynab Bahmani ¹ ()
Reza Farrokhinejad ² ()
Fatemeh Fayazi ³ ()

Received: 2011-05-09 Accepted : 2011-11-10 Published : 2011-11-22

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Abstract :

In this experiment was conducted during growing seasons of 2009-2010, rice fields in different parts of rice growing areas in Fars and  Ilam provinces to identify Root and crown rots of rice. Cylindrocarpon hederaewas identified as the disease agent, by using Booth identification key. In order to determine the pathogenicity of isolates, Anbarboo rice cultiuar was used. This is the First report of the association of root and crown rots of rice and C. hederae in the world.

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