NEW REPORT OF LEAF SPOT DISEASE OF CLERODENDRUM INDICUM CAUSED BY CURVULARIA LUNATA

Authors

  • ANINDITA MUKHERJEE Department of Botany, UGC Centre of Advanced Study, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan-713104, West Bengal, India.
  • ABHIJIT BANDHYOPADHYAY Department of Botany, UGC Centre of Advanced Study, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan-713104, West Bengal, India.
  • SIKHA DUTTA Department of Botany, UGC Centre of Advanced Study, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan-713104, West Bengal, India.

Keywords:

Clerodendrum indicum, leaf spot disease, 18S rDNA gene Sequencing, Phylogenetic tree, Curvularia lunata.

Abstract

This is a maiden report of necrotic leaf spot disease of Clerodendrum indicum, an important medicinal plant, caused by fungal pathogen Curvularia lunata. Clerodendrum indicum (L.) Kuntze, as an important medicinal plant is grown extensively in  India, Nepal, China, Japan, Srilanka, West Indies etc. and considered for  its  potency  against  asthma, cough, fever, intestinal worms, arthritis etc.  The fungal pathogen was isolated from the diseased plant tissue and pure culture was being established. It has been identified as Curvularia lunata The plant is native in India and is found throughout south eastern Asia. This plant is  used  to treat cough, asthma, bronchitis and other respiratory diseases. Morphological study, pathogenicity  test , and 18s rDNA sequencing confirmed the pathogen Curvularia lunata.

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30.09.2013

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ANINDITA MUKHERJEE, ABHIJIT BANDHYOPADHYAY, & SIKHA DUTTA. (2013). NEW REPORT OF LEAF SPOT DISEASE OF CLERODENDRUM INDICUM CAUSED BY CURVULARIA LUNATA. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 4(3), 808–812. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/2644

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Volume 4, Issue 3, 2013

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