Claim · model-written summary
Field surveys in District Kupwara, North Kashmir found a mean needle blight incidence of 51.41 % in 2023.
- Taxon
- Cedrus deodara
Cedrus deodarat0 - Outcome
- mean disease incidencee0
- Value
- 51.41 %e0
- Qualifier
- 2023e0
- Setting
- District Kupwara, North Kashmire0
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Verbatim
t0“Cedrus deodara”
e0“Field surveys conducted in District Kupwara, North Kashmir, revealed a mean disease incidence of 51.41 % in 2023, which declined to 31.58 % in 2024 across surveyed locations”
Title
First report of Fusarium graminearum causing needle blight on Cedrus deodara in North Kashmir
S Jan; A Nabi; S Gani; et al. Plant Science Today 2026. doi:10.14719/pst.11669
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Mean needle blight incidence declined to 31.58 % in 2024 in the surveyed locations.
- Observation Affected plants showed straw-coloured lesions that enlarged progressively, leading to needle browning, premature needle drop and decline of seedlings.
- Observation Phylogenetic analyses confirmed the associated pathogen as Fusarium graminearum.
- Intervention effect Artificial inoculation reproduced the typical symptoms, fulfilling Koch postulates.
- Observation This is the first confirmed report of F. graminearum causing needle blight in C. deodara, expanding the known host range of the pathogen.
- Recommendation The authors stress the need for early detection and integrated disease management strategies.