Aims: To characterize Macrophomina phaseolina isolates from groundnut and sunflower in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India, for cultural traits and pathogenic variability, and to develop an integrated Macrophomina Virulence Index (MVI) for profiling the isolates across hosts and...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i104480
Thirty isolates of Rhizoctonia solani collected from different regions across five districts of Andhra Pradesh were observed for variation and identification of anastomosis group causing sheath blight of rice in Andhra Pradesh. The hyphal anastomosis test results indicated that...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i62494
A total of 10 Trichoderma isolates were obtained from 10 rhizosphere samples The antagonistic effects of ten isolates of Trichoderma spp. were assessed based on their ability to inhibit the Rhizotonia solani by dual culture technique. Among the ten Trichoderma isolates tested, NR...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2025/v35i51578
Globally India ranks first in area and second in production. India, accounts for 31 % of the total groundnut area in the world with 26.4 Mha with a total production of 37.1 million MT. The average productivity is 1400 kg/ha. The annual global export of groundnuts is of two millio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i530575