Research Article
A Brief Study on Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum, the Cause of Post-Harvest White Mold on Some Vegetable in Libya
Zahra Ibrahim El-Gali
Corresponding Author : Zahra Ibrahim El-Gali
Dept. of Plant Protection, Faculty Of Agriculture, Omer Al-Mukhtar University, El-Beida, Libya.
Email ID : Zahra.Ibrahim@omu.edu.ly
Received : 2018-09-12 Accepted : 2018-10-25 Published : 2018-10-25
Abstract : Sclerotinia rot is one of the most devastating postharvest diseases on many crops. laboratory studies were done to evaluate the mycelial growth and formation of sclerotia on different media and apothecia development of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Varied in mycelium growth, size and number of produced sclerotial was recorded. Potato Sucrose Agar was found significantly superior in mycelial growth and sclerotia formation among the others media under study. Germination of overwintered sclerotia release apothecia discs.
Keywords : Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Growth, Carpogenic germination, Postharvest disease, Libya.
Citation : Zahra Ibrahim El-Gali (2018). A Brief Study on Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum, the Cause of Post-Harvest White Mold on Some Vegetable in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. V7I102. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.1479471
Copyright : © 2018 Zahra Ibrahim El-Gali. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Journal of Advanced Botany and Zoology
ISSN : 2348-7313
Volume 7 / Issue 1
ScienceQ Publishing Group

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