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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

    Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.81, pp. 157-159, 2012, DOI: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 More >

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