First Report of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Root Rot Caused by Rhizoctonia Solani in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Shafat Ahmad Ahanger *
Division of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura, Sopore-193201, India.
Sabiya Bashir
Dryland Agriculture Research Station, Rangreth Srinagar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, 191132, India.
Mohammad Najeeb Mughal
Division of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Horticulture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar-190025, India.
Rouf Ahmad Rather
Division of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura, Sopore-193201, India.
Reyaz ul Rouf Mir
Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura, Sopore -193201, India.
Muntazir Mushtaq
Division of Germplasm Evaluation, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi - 110012, India.
Umer Basu *
Division of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, 180009, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Root rot of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is one of the most serious disease, causes unadorned damage to crop health and leads to the heavy yield loss. In the present investigation, Rhizoctonia solani, a new root rot pathogen was found pathogenic and cause of beans root rot in the region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The pathogen was characterized by morpho-cultural as well as through molecular sequencingusing ITS primer for establishing the proper identification of isolated pathogen. Based on the pathogenicity test carried on common bean cv. Shalimar Bean-1 and available literature, it was recorded as the first report of root rot in common beans caused by Rhizoctonia solani in Jammu and Kashmir.
Keywords: ITS primers, pathogenicity, Phaseolus vulgaris, Rhizoctonia solani, root rot