Frank, D. (2010) Fungus-on-Fungus Fight Could Benefit Chickpeas. Agricultural Research, 58 (8). p. 23.
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The fungus Ascochyta rabiei threatens chickpea crops the world over. During the winter, the pathogen survives on chickpea leaves and stems left behind in the field after harvest and forms sexual spores called "ascospores." The ascospores, in turn, can infect springtime chickpea plantings and sometimes wipe out entire crops. But researchers identified and assessed 28 fungi that compete with A. rabiei and concluded that one of them--Aureobasidium pullulans--held the most promise as a biocontrol for A. rabiei.....
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | USDA-ARS Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research Unit, Pullman, Washington |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection |
| Divisions: | Chickpea |
| Depositing User: | Mr. SanatKumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2012 10:02 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Mar 2012 10:02 |
| Official URL: | http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2009/091204.htm |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/4174 |
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