Volume: 42 Issue: 2
Stolon rot and vascular wilt diseases of Mentha arvensis L. caused by Fusarium proliferatum strain MaKf1 in Uttar Pradesh, India
Year: 2020, Page: 161-167, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v42i2.Indrajeet
Received: March 19, 2020 Accepted: June 18, 2020 Published: July 1, 2020
Mentha arvensis L. is a perennial herb and one of the main essential (menthol) oil producing crops cultivated worldwide. Mint oil is used as a stomachic, carminative, anaesthetic, disinfectant agent and has an indispensable role in pharmaceutical and aromatic industries. The most promising varieties of M. arvensis L. such as Himalaya, Kranti, and Kosi have been developed by CSIR-CIMAP and are under cultivation in various parts of India. In this study, different varieties of M. arvensis, cultivated for the production of planting material/sucker, were screened for soil-borne fungal infections. Various districts of Uttar Pradesh were surveyed, and vascular wilt disease incidences were found between 3-15 % in the year 2018. The districts Barabanki and Lucknow recorded a high percent (13- 15 %) of disease incidence on M. arvensis var. Kosi. Moderate incidence, 7% and 11%, of vascular wilt disease were observed on M. arvensis var. Himalaya in Barabanki and Lucknow, respectively. In comparison with other varieties, very few incidences (3-5%) were observed on Kranti variety at Sitapur, Raebareli and Lucknow districts. The vascular wilt causing pathogen (MaKf1) was isolated and characterized on the basis of colony morphology, microscopic examination of spores and molecular identification targeting the ITS region of the rDNA gene cluster and was identified as Fusarium proliferatum.
Keywords: Essential oil, Fusarium proliferatum, Mentha arvensis, Stolon rot, Vascular wilt
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Indrajeet, Neha tiwari, Bhanu Sharma, Abdul Samad, Kishore B Bandamaravuri. 2020. Stolon rot and vascular wilt diseases of Mentha arvensis L. caused by Fusarium proliferatum strain MaKf1 in Uttar Pradesh, India. J Med Aromat Plant Sci 42: 161-167.
