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PJB-2007-159

FIRST REPORT OF DILOPHOSPORA LEAF SPOT (TWIST) DISEASE OF WHEAT IN PAKISTAN

SHAHZAD ASAD, AMIR SULTAN, SHAMIM IFTIKHAR, ANJUM MUNIR, IFTIKHAR AHMAD AND *NAJMA AYUB
Abstract

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Dilophospora alopecuri (Fr.) Fr. (syns D. graminis Desm., Dilophia graminis Fuckel) is reported for the first time from Gulmit Gojal, Hunza valley in Northern Areas of Pakistan. D. alopecuri was identified after visual and microscopic examination and characterized by the production of cylindrical to ellipsoid spores (8-15 x 1.5 µm) with distinctive claw-shaped appendages and In vitro pathogenicity.

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