PJB-2006-23
PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOLIAR BLIGHT PATHOGENS OF WHEAT IN DIFFERENT AGRO ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF PAKISTAN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO IPOLARIS SOROKINIANA
SHAMIM IFTIKHAR, SHAHZAD ASAD, ANJUM MUNIR, IFTIKHAR AHMAD AND AMIR SULTAN
Abstract
During previous years blight diseases of wheat were considered to be of minor importance in Pakistan. However in Southern province of Sindh, where winter temperatures are warmer, Helminthosporium leaf spots (spot blotch) has been noted. During this study, surveys were conducted at seedling and booting stage of wheat during cropping season of 2004 to assess the foliar spot diseases in different agro-ecological zones of Pakistan including 55 locations (zone 6, 7, 9 & 10) at seedling stage and 101 locations (zone 5, 6, 7, 9
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