AgroEco

Claim · #6495834

Rhizoctonia bataticola · pathogen pressure · Cicer arietinum

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“10-35 per cent loss in yields are due to dry root rot diseases”
Source
Integrated Management of Dry Root Rot Caused by Rhizoctonia bataticola in Chickpea
Authors
Deepa, Sunkad G., Sharma M., Mallesh S.B., Mannur D.M., Sreenivas A.G.
Year
2018
Publication
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(4): 201-209
Page
201

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Rhizoctonia bataticola (Macrophomina phaseolina) causes dry root rot in chickpea, especially under drought stress; yield-loss range plausible.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “R. bataticola (synonym Macrophomina phaseolina) causes dry root rot in chickpea; biology and impact accurately described.”

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