1Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
2Latex Plants Programme, Institute of Agricultural research for Development (IRAD). Ekona Regional Centre, Buea, Cameroon;Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Regional Center of Research and Innovation for the Littoral Region, Douala, Cameroon
3Laboratory of Plantation Crops, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
4Phytopathology Unit of CEREPAH La Dibamba, Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Cameroon
5Latex Plants Programme, Institute of Agricultural research for Development (IRAD). Ekona Regional Centre, Buea, Cameroon
World Journal of Agricultural Research.
2015,
Vol. 3 No. 6, 198-202
DOI: 10.12691/wjar-3-6-3
Copyright © 2015 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Nyaka Ngobisa A.I.C., Zainal Abidin M.A., Wong M.Y., Abbas Nasehi, Ntsomboh Ntsefong Godswill, Owona Ndongo Pierre-Andre. Susceptibility of Rubber (
Hevea brasiliensis) Clones to
Neofusicoccum ribis.
World Journal of Agricultural Research. 2015; 3(6):198-202. doi: 10.12691/wjar-3-6-3.
Correspondence to: Wong M.Y., Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Email:
muiyun@upm.edu.myAbstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of Neofusicoccum ribis to infect leaf surfaces of different rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) clones. Neofusicoccum ribis isolates previously identified on the basis of morphological characteristics and DNA sequence analysis were used to inoculate rubber leaves and seedlings in vitro and in vivo respectively. Neofusicoccum ribis isolates were demonstrated to cause lesions on rubber clones examined in this study. There was variation in susceptibility of the rubber clones to the pathogen. This study provides useful information that could be exploited to better manage the disease.
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