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 Prof. Muhammad Farooq Hussain Munis Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan |
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| 标题： Occurrence of Chaetomiumsp. causing fruit rot of loquat in Pakistan and its biocontrol with novel plant extracts | |
| 摘要： Pre-harvest fruit rot of loquat is very common in Pakistan and it deteriorates a healthy amount of fruits before their consumption. This study was designed to diagnose disease causing pathogen and find some environment-friendly way for the control of this disease. For this purpose, diseased loquat fruits were collected from different orchards of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Pakistan and causal agent was isolated and identified. The pathogen was characterized as Chaetomiumsp. on the basis of its morphology, microscopic study and sequence profiling. BLAST analysis revealed 99% similarity with Chaetomiumsp. NFW8 internal transcribed spacer 1, partial sequence; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 28S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence (KC797170.1). Pathogenicity test was also performed to confirm the involvement of this fungus in Fruit rot disease. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Chaetomiumsp.causing fruit rot of loquat in Pakistan. To recommend environment friendly control of this fungus, some novel indigenous plant extract were used as biofungicides. Among four different novel phyto-extracts, Nerium oleander showed best antifungal activity against Chaetomiumsp. These results suggest an effective and environment friendly control of fruit rot disease of loquat. | |
| 简介： Dr. Muhammad Farooq Hussain Munis is an Assistant Professor in Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. He is a Plant Pathologist and currently working as a research scholar in University of California, Davis, United States of America. He has authored more than 30 research articles and serving as a reviewer of more than 10 international journals. His research team is working on green nano-particles for disease control, disease diagnosis, genetic diversity of pathogens, expression profiling of defense-related genes and development of transgenic crops for disease control. | |
