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FIRST RECORD OF FUSARIUM NIVALE (FR.) CES. ASSOCIATED WITH MANGO MALFORMATION DISEASE (MMD) IN PAKISTAN

M.I. KHASKHELI, M.A. PATHAN, M.M. JISKANI, K.H. WAGAN, MANZOOR H. SOOMRO AND G.B. POUSSIO³

Abstract: During a survey of mango plantations in Sindh for investigating the association of fungi with mango malformation disease (MMD), six fungal species viz., Fusarium nivale (Fr.) Ces,  F. oxysporium, F. moniliforme, F. semitectum, Alternari alternata and Aspergillus niger were isolated and identified on the basis of their colony characteristics and conidial morphology. F. nivale (Fr.) Ces., was predominantly isolated from malformed tissues of infected inflorescence; it produced white colonies and some discoloration of the agar medium was noticed around the growing mycelium. This is the first record of Fusarium nivale (Fr.) Ces., from Pakistan and also the first report of its association with mango malformation in Sindh, Pakistan.

Faculty of Crop Protection, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan