First record of powdery mildew of Egyptian acacia (Acacia rubra Mill.) in Mosul / Iraq

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  • Anwer N. Alkhero Forestry department / College of Agriculture and Forestry/ University of Mosul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59658/jkas.v5i1.152

Keywords:

Powdery mildew , Acacia sp. , Odium sp

Abstract

First record of Egyptian acacia (Acacia rubra Mill.) powdery mildew disease was recorded in Iraq / Mosul , the infected trees were cultivated as road sides and for ornamental as the beauty of its flowers this was in Al-Arabee situation in Mosul , field survey were done threw autumn / 2013 up to spring / 2014 , especially at May and the infecting percent were (25-60 %) incorporation , Symptoms at upper surface of leaves were appeared as a white color powder and then developed to lower surface , Microscopic test were done, conidia and conidiophore noticed under microscope , conidia had barrel shape , its dimension the same of Oidium spp. This genus is the conidial stage of powdery mildew, there were no sexual stage appeared threw the test . Pathogenicity results showed high pathogenicity ability with acacia seedlings which reached to 100 % of infection ratio after artificial inoculation

Author Biography

Anwer N. Alkhero, Forestry department / College of Agriculture and Forestry/ University of Mosul

Assistant Professor

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Published

03/01/2018

How to Cite

Alkhero, A. N. (2018). First record of powdery mildew of Egyptian acacia (Acacia rubra Mill.) in Mosul / Iraq. Journal of Kerbala for Agricultural Sciences, 5(1), 111–119. https://doi.org/10.59658/jkas.v5i1.152

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