Claim · model-written summary
Affected chickpea plants showed crown and root tissue browning and necrosis.
- Taxon
- Chickpea
Cicer arietinumt0 - Organ / stage
- crown and main rootse0
- Outcome
- Browning and necrosise0
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Verbatim
e0“Browning and necrosis of subcortical and xylematic tissues of the crown and main roots were observed in affected plants.”
t0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)”
Title
F. De Curtis; D. Palmieri; D. Vitullo; et al. Plant Disease 2014. doi:10.1094/pdis-09-13-0941-pdn
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- Observation Severe withering affected 25 to 51% of chickpea plants during flowering.
- Observation Diseased chickpea plants had reduced root biomass and chlorotic foliage.
- Intervention effect All inoculated chickpea plants showed high disease severity of 98%, while controls remained healthy.
- Observation The new isolate was highly virulent on chickpea, reducing germination and root biomass and causing rot and chlorosis.
- Observation The new isolate was highly virulent on pea, reducing germination and root biomass and causing rot and chlorosis.
- Observation Other inoculated plant species showed no symptoms.