Article
Pathogenicity and genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum isolates from corms of Crocus sativus
2014-11-01
Abstract excerpt
Crocus sativus is a triploid sterile plant and autumnal flowering geophyte with corms. As a subterranean organ, the corm is susceptible to diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, nematodes and viruses. Fusarium corm rot incited by F. oxysporum is the most destructive disease in saffron, having caused severe yield losses in saffron producer's countries. Infected plants die off early, resulting in reduction of corm yiel...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 92452576-248e-542e-8686-dc1bda4f6edc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.06.051
