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First report of Botrytis cinerea on Lilium polyphyllum, a critically endangered herb in Uttarakhand, India

Dhyani A¹, BP Nautiyal², MC Nautiyal¹, MC Rivera³, D Prasad⁴, KP Singh⁴

1 High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre, Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India.
2 Department of Horticulture, Aromatic and Medicinal Plant, Mizoram University, Aizawl, India.
3 Phytopathology. School of Agriculture. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
4 Plant Pathology Section, College of Forestry & Hill Agriculture, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Ranichauri, India.

Address correspondence to: Anurag Dhyani. High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre, Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal, Pin- 246174, Uttarakhand, India. e-mail:

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2012, 81(all), 157-159. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2012.81.157

Abstract

Lilium polyphyllum is a critically endangered herb in the wilds of Uttarakhand, India. Gray mold appeared as a new disease on this species from July to August (2008-2009) causing death of inflorescences and shoots. Botrytis cinerea was consistently isolated on PDA, from infected inflorescences. Pathogenicity was established by inoculation of potted plants of L. polyphyllum in a glasshouse. Botrytis cinerea was recorded as a gray mold pathogen on L. polyphyllum for the first time in India, causing flower and shoot blight. This disease may seriously affect reproductive stages of this endangered host. To our knowledge, B. cinerea had not been reported previously on L. polyphyllum.

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