Characterization and Control of Thielaviopsis punctulata on Date Palm in Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT: Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is the most important edible fruit crop in Saudi Arabia. Date palm cultivation and productivity are severely affected by various fungal diseases in date palm-producing countries. In recent years, black scorch disease has emerged as a devastating disease affecting date palm cultivation in the Arabian Peninsula. In the current survey, leaves and root samples were collected from deteriorated date palm trees showing variable symptoms of neck bending, leaf drying, tissue necrosis, wilting, and mortality of the entire tree in the Al-Ahsa region of Saudi Arabia. During microscopic examination, the fungus isolates growing on potato dextrose agar (PDA) media produced thick-walled chlamydospores and endoconidia. The morphological characterization confirmed the pres

SUBMITTER: Alhudaib KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8839011 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature