Studies on Phyllosphere mycoflora of healthy and virus infected tomato plants

Phyllosphere mycoflora of healthy and virus infected tomato plants has been studies. About four variety of healthy and virus infected tomato plants leaves of Laxmi (NP-5005), Kranti, Priya and Sartaj-Plus were collected from field at 15, 30 and 45 days after infection. The number of phyllosphere mycoflora (fungi) was increased in beginning at 15 days on all the variety of virus infected tomato plant leaves as compared to healthy tomato plant leaves. And decreased in virus infected leaves later on when the severity of disease increased at 45 days of infection as compared to healthy plants.

Author(s): P. V. Raithak* and B. D. Gachande

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